Journal of chemical ecology

Optical isomers of 3, 13-dimethylheptadecane: Sex pheromone components of the western false hemlock looper, Nepytia freemani (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

GGS King, R Gries, G Gries, KN Slessor

Index: King, G. G. Skip; Gries, Regine; Gries, Gerhard; Slessor, K. N. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1995 , vol. 21, # 12 p. 2027 - 2046

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Abstract

Abstract (3 S, 13 R)-3, 13-Dimethylheptadecane [(3 S, 13 R)-3, 13-dime-17Hy] is the major pheromone component of the western false hemlock looper (WFHL), Nepytia freemani. In comparative gas chromotographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses of stereoselectively synthesized isomers, 1 pg of (3 S, 13 R)-dime-17Hy elicited significantly stronger electrophysiological responses by male WFHL antennae than did 1 pg of ...