Stereochemical evidence of dual chemoreceptors for an achiral sex pheromone in Lepidoptera

OL Chapman, KC Mattes, RS Sheridan…

Index: Chapman; Mattes; Sheridan; Klun Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1978 , vol. 100, # 15 p. 4878 - 4884

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Abstract: The racemate and optically pure enantiomers of 9-(cyclopent-2-en-l-yl) nonyl acetate have been synthesized and found to mimic certain biological properties of a natural sex pheromone,(Z)-l 1-tetradecenyl acetate. European corn borer and redbanded leaf rollers respond differently to the racemate and to the enantiomers in precopulatory-behavior bioassay. The bioassay results demonstrate the presence of two stereospecific ...