A stereospecific synthesis of (+)-dispar
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Donald G. Farnum; Tarik Veysoglu; Anja M. CardΓ©; Barbara Duhl-Emswiler; Taylor A
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Article
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1977
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Disparlure, cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane, was identified as the female-produced sex pheromone of the gypsy moth, Lymantria &spur L., by Bierl, Beroza and Collier.' The 7R,BS enantiomer of disparlure was synthesized by Marumo' and Mori 3 and found to be more attractive to males than the racemate.