Summary
The stereodirected synthesis of 2-methyl-cis-7,8-epoxyoctadecane — the sex attractant ofPorthetria dispar (L.) — has been effected.
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Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 545–548, July–August, 1973.
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Shamshurin, A.A., Rekhter, M.A. & Vlad, L.A. The chemistry of the pheromones II. A new synthesis of disparlure — The sex attractant of the gypsy moth. Chem Nat Compd 9, 509–511 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568640
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