CIS-7-DODECEN-1-OL

Uses

(7Z)-Dodecen-1-ol is a sex pheromone of the cabbage Looper Trichoplusia ni Hubner. Synthesized from threo-aleuritic acid involving a simplified Wittig reaction. It is an intermediate in the synthesis of (7Z)-Dodecenyl Acetate, which is synthezied via nucleophilic substitution reaction between the Grignard reagent of the protected bromohydrin with (Z)-2-hepten-1-yl acetate in the presence of CuI catalyst.