Fig. 5: Conversion of fatty acid derivatives into fine chemicals.

A Z-selective self-CM of oleic acid and its methyl ester. B–D Examples of pheromones or pheromone precursors obtained in Z-selective CM with Ru3 (for conversion of precursor 40 into pheromones, see El-Rabbat and Mangold, ref. 68). The barrel icon is from Font Awesome’, Copyright (c) 2024 Fonticons, Inc. (https://fontawesome.com). The moth icons are from SVG Repo, Bugs Insects 2, Nature 3, and Spring Icons Collections, CC0 License (https://www.svgrepo.com).