Potent Sex Attractant of the Gypsy Moth: Its Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis
- 2 October 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3953), 87-89
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3953.87
Abstract
The sex attractant emitted by the female gypsy moth has been identified as cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane. The structure was verified by spectral, gas chromatographic, and biological comparisons with the synthesized compound. Nine closely related isomers were considerably less effective.Keywords
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