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Science 21 November 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3908, pp. 1010 - 1012
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3908.1010
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Sex Pheromones Produced by Male Boll Weevil: Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis

J. H. Tumlinson 1, D. D. Hardee 1, R. C. Gueldner 1, A. C. Thompson 1, P. A. Hedin 1, and J. P. Minyard 2

1 Entomology Research Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, State College, Mississippi 39762
2 Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory, State College 39762

The response of female boll weevils to males, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in laboratory bioassays can be reproduced by exposure to a mixture of compounds I, II, and either III or IV, all isolated from male weevils and their fecal material. The same response was elicited by mixtures of tile synthesized coimpounds. Compound I is (+)-cis-2-isopropenyl-l-methylcyclobtutaneethanol; II, cis-3,3-dimethiyl->1,betacyclohexaneethanol; III, cis-3,3-dimethlyl->1,agr-cyclohexaneacetaldehyde; and IV, trans-3,3-dimethyl->1,agr-cyclohexanecetaldehyde.


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