Herein I present a review on the synthesis of ipsenol and ipsdienol, two aggregation pheromones of bark beetles, isolated from different species of genus Ips, and serious pests of conifer forests. I have covered the literature for around fifty years, since 1968 to 2020. This account has been divided in different sections and sub‐sections, including a general and brief outlook on their isolation, structure and biological activity, to continue with the reported synthesis of racemic ipsenol and ipsdienol, including my own contribution to topic, and the presentation of reports describing the synthesis of enantiomerically pure ipsenol and ipsdienol. Particular attention has been devoted to identify and highlight racemic or enantiomerically pure “isoprene synthons”, and isoprenylation methods employed in the synthesis of ipsenol and ipsdienol, of general interest for related terpene derivatives synthesis.

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异戊烯醇和异戊二烯醇的合成：综述（1968–2020年）

在这里，我对从不同种类的Ips属中分离出来的树皮甲虫的两种聚集信息素ipsenol和ipsdienol的合成进行了综述。以及针叶林的严重害虫。自1968年至2020年，我已经研究了大约五十年的文献。这个论述分为不同的部分和小节，包括对其分离，结构和生物学活性的一般性和简要介绍，以继续报道的合成方法。外消旋ipsenol和ipsdienol，包括我自己对主题的贡献，以及介绍对映体纯ipsenol和ipsdienol合成的报告的介绍。已经特别注意识别和突出外消旋或对映体纯的“异戊二烯合成子”，以及在ipsenol和ipsdienol的合成中使用的异戊二烯化方法，这是相关萜烯衍生物合成中普遍关注的方法。