Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1994, 59, 721-724
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19940721
Synthesis of 2-Methylheptadecane and 14-Methylpentadecan-3-one
Jasvinder Singh, Ajay K. Arora, Amandeep Kaur and Goverdhan L. Kad
Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160 014, India
Abstract
2-Methylheptadecane (I) is the sex pheromone of the family Arctiidae (tiger moth) and was isolated by Roelof and Carde and assigned structure I on the basis of spectral data. Haque et al. isolated a granular white solid (m.p. 80 °C) from the ether extract of dried and powdered plant of Parthenium hysterophorous L. (Compositae) and proposed its structure, 14-methylpentadecan-3-one (II) on the basis of spectroscopic data. We report herein a short and facile synthesis of these compounds.
