Baeckström, P., & Li, L. 1990 A onepot procedure for the deoxygenation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones and a synthesis of the mealybug pheromone.. Synthetic Communications 20(10): 1481-1485.

Notes: Abstract: An improved reaction that achieves the deoxygenation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone with concomitant migration of the double bond is introduced, and applied to the synthesis of racemic 3-acetoxy-2,6-dimethyl-1,5-heptadiene, a pheromone component of Pseudococcus comstocki. Keywords: chemistry; pheromones.