Identification and synthesis of the four compounds comprising the boll weevil sex attractant

RC Gueldner, JH Tumlinson, DD Hardee…

Index: Tumlinson,J.H. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1971 , vol. 36, # 18 p. 2616 - 2621

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17 tified on the basis of spectral data and elemental analyses. Irradiation with the Vycor filter for 65 hr produced the same amounts of products 5-12 that were produced in 130 hr with the Pyrex filter but the amount of polymer produced with the Vycor filter was about tenfold greater. The major reaction product, 4-methyl-3-cyalohexenyl methyl ketone (12), resulted from the thermal Diels-Alder addition of isoprene and 3-buten-2-0ne.'~ The yield of this ...