The ecological imbalance and environmental pollution due to insectiside residues has stimulated a great interest in the synthesis of pheromones, since they may provide a generally nontoxic method of biological control of insect populations.'A pheromone complex emitted by live male boll weevils (Anthonornus grandis Boheman) comprising the four terpenoid compounds (+)-cis-2-isopropenyl-l-methylcyclobutaneethanol (l),(Z)-3, 3- ...
