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SYNTHESIS OF ALL OF THE FOUR POSSIBLE STEREOISOMERS OF 4,8-DIMETHYLDECANAL, THE AGGREGATION PHEROMONE OF THE FLOUR BEETLES
Mori, Kenji,Kuwahara, Shigefumi,Ueda, Hiraki
, p. 2439 - 2444 (1983)
The four stereoisomers of 4,8-dimethyldecanal were synthesized employing organometallic or electrolytic coupling reactions as the key step.The response of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, to the (4R,8R)-isomer was identical with that to the natural pheromone, while other isomers induced only very weak or no responses.The (4R,8R)-isomer is therefore the natural pheromone.
