(3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-Tetradecatrienyl acet
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Athula B. Attygalle; Gulab N. Jham; Aleš Svatoš; Rosa T.S. Frighetto; Fernando A
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The major sex attractant emitted by Scrobipalpuloides absoluta females is shown to be (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrien-1-yl acetate by a novel strategy involving the random reduction of double bonds, followed by methylthiolation of the reduced products. Each female sex gland contains ca. 1-5 ng of