A Short and Stereoselective Synthesis of the Sex Pheromone of Bonagota cranaodes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

a stereoselective synthesis of (3e,5z)-dodecadienyl acetate, the sex pheromone of the leafroller moth bonagota cranaodes, was efficiently carried out using a methodology based on the coupling of z-alkenyl cuprate with 4-iodo-3-butyn-1-ol in the key step.