SYNTHESIS OF (2R,3R)-EPOXYNERAL, A SEX PHEROMONE OF THE ACARID MITE, Caloglyphus sp. (ASTIGMATA: ACARIDAE)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00063-I

(2R,3R)-Epoxy-3,7-dimethyl-6-octenal <(2R,3R)-epoxyneral> 1a, was identified from an acarid mite Caloglyphus sp. (Astigmata: Acaridae) as the sex pheromone, although its antipode (2S,3S)-epoxyneral 1b is known as a component from a few mite species withou