Isolation and structure of the sex-pheromone of the moth, Nudaurelia cytherea cytherea
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1973
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Henderson H.E.
Warren F.L.
Augustyn O.P.H.
Burger B.V.
Schneider D.F.
Boshoff P.R.
Spies H.S.C.
Geertsema H.
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The sex-pheromone of Nudaurelia cytherea cytherea has been isolated from the terminal segments of the female moth by solvent extraction, steam distillation, and column and gas-liquid chromatography. The structure was determined by infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry as cis-dec-5-en-1-yl 3-methylbutanoate (isovalerate). The synthetic ester showed activity in field tests. © 1973.
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Journal of Insect Physiology
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