Pheromone synthesis. Part 76. Synthesis of the enantiomers of 14-methyl-1-octadecene, the sex pheromone of the peach leafminer moth.

The peach leafminer moth (Lyonetia clerkella L.) is one of the serious pests in peach orchards in Japan. In 1984, Sugie et al. identified its sex pheromone as 14-methyl-loctadecene 1.1) Their synthetic ()-l was as active as a crude extract from virgin females of L. clerkella under field conditions.1* Another synthesis of ()-l was reported