Hydrogenations of triacetic acid lactone. A new synthesis of the carpenter bee ( ) sex pheromone

Broad-spectrum synthesis of enantiomerically pure lactones. 1. Synthesis of sex pheromones of the carpenter bee, rove beetle, Japanese beetle, black-tailed deer, and Oriental hornet

William H. Pirkle, Paul Adams · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1979 · 120 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Entomology +10

LVI.—The lactone of triacetic acid

John Norman Collie · Journal of the Chemical Society Transactions · 1891 · 70 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +1

281. Polyene acids. Part VI. A new (cis-trans-)isomer of sorbic acid and its relation to hexenolactones

Ulli Eisner, J. A. Elvidge, R. P. Linstead · Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) · 1953 · 40 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +3

Total synthesis of dl-19-hydroxyprostaglandin E1 and dl-13-cis-15-epi-19-hydroxyprostaglandin E1

CHRISTOPH LUETHY, P Volcho Konstantin, Karl G. Untch · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1978 · 40 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacology +6

-2-methyl-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid lactone in the mandibular gland secretion of a carpenter bee

J. W. Wheeler, S. L. Evans, Murray S. Blum et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1976 · 36 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +6