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Science 2 October 1970:
Vol. 170. no. 3953, pp. 87 - 89
DOI: 10.1126/science.170.3953.87
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Potent Sex Attractant of the Gypsy Moth: Its Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis

Barbara A. Bierl 1, Morton Beroza 1, and C. W. Collier 2

1 Entomology Research Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
2 Plant Protection Division, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501

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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