Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 19, Problem 19.61P
Following are the steps in one of the several published syntheses of frontalin, a pheromone of the western pine beetle.
- (a) Propose reagents for Steps 1–8.
- (b) Propose a mechanism for the cyclization of the ketodiol from Step 8 to frontalin.
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