Potent Sex Attractant of the Gypsy Moth: Its Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis
B. A. BierlEntomology Research Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705Morton BerozaEntomology Research Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705C. W. CollierPlant Protection Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
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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.
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