A fluorinated derivative of the Japanese beetle sex pheromone, japonilure ((Z)-5-(1-decenyl) dihydro-2(3H)-furanone), will be created through a multi-step synthesis. The creation of this pheromone derivative will hopefully aid in the control of the Japanese beetle population. This multi-step synthesis will take D-mannitol through a five-step reaction process to create a lactone. Which can later be used to create the fluorinated pheromone. This synthesiswill illustrate a few different types of reactions, ranging form the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination, to the Swern Oxidation reaction, and the Arbuzov reaction, will be used in the final step of the syntheses of the fluorinated pheromone

Fluorinated derivative of the Japanese beetle sex pheromone

245th National Meeting (2013)

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