CAS: 99439-79-9

Applications (3S)-3-Methyl-methylester Heptanoic Acid is used as a reagent in the synthesis of stereoisomers of 5,9-dimethylheptadecane, the major sex pheromone component secreted by female moths of the mountain-ash bentwing (Leucoptera scitella). References Taguri, T., et al.: Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 23, 852 (2012)