IDENTIFICATION OF (3Z,6Z)-1,3,6-9,10-EPOXYHENEICOSATRIENE AND (3Z,6Z)-1,3,6-9,10-EPOXYEICOSATRIENE IN THE SEX PHEROMONE OF HYPHANTRIA CUNEA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99256-6

(3Z,6Z)-1,3,6-9,10-Epoxyheneicosatriene and (3Z,6Z)-1,3,6-9,10-epoxyeicosatriene were identified in the sex pheromone gland of the arctiid moth, Hyphantria cunea.Of the synthesized enantiomers, the (9S,10R)trienes were biologically active while the (9R,10