Matsui Miki, Tashiro Takuya, Sasaki Mitsuru, Takikawa Hirosato
Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2010;74(3):683-4. doi: 10.1271/bbb.90878. Epub 2010 Mar 7.
A concise synthesis of (1S*,3R*,6R*)-1-hydroxy-7(14),10-bisaboladien-4-one, an antifeedant against the locust Locusta migratoria isolated from the Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica, was achieved by starting from 4-hydroxy-2-cyclohexenone.