Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis of the Sex Attractant of Gypsy Moth
- 14 October 1960
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 132 (3433), 1011-1012
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.132.3433.1011
Abstract
The extremely potent sex attractant of the female gypsy moth has been isolated in pure form and identified as dextrorotatory 10-acetoxy-1-hydroxy-cis-7-hexadecene. The dl-form of the attractant has been synthesized.Keywords
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