The invention discloses a synthetic method of a triolefin
insect sex attractant. The synthetic method comprises the steps of (1) enabling alpha-
ethyl linolenate to react with absolute
ether to generate alpha-linoleny
alcohol under catalytic action of LiAlH4; (2) enabling the alpha-linoleny
alcohol to react with
phosphorus tribromide to generate cis, cis, cis-1-
bromine-9,12,15-gadusene in the presence of an
organic solvent with weak polarity; and (3) enabling the cis, cis, cis-1-
bromine-9,12,15-gadusene to react with a
grignard reagent to generate cis, cis, cis-3,6,9-Cn triene under the effects of
tetrahydrofuran,
lithium tetrachlorocuprate and N-methyl pyrrolidone. By adopting the synthetic method of the triolefin
insect sex attractant disclosed by the invention, an
insect in-vivo biosynthetic pathway is simulated;
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pheromone components of C19, C20 and C21 are synthesized by taking cheap and available alpha-
ethyl linolenate as the material; and the synthetic method is short in technologic process, mild in synthetic reaction condition, short in reaction time, high in yield, simple and convenient to operate, wide in application range, low in cost, fewer in three wastes, little in environmental
pollution, and easy to industrialize, and the product can be easily separated.