A series of unsaturated w-fluoro alcohols have been prepared stereoselectively. These simple compounds are structural analogues of the trail pheromone of termites in the genus Reticulitermes. The toxicity of these w-fluoro alcohols to R. flavipes is maximal for the C12 alcohols, and the attractiveness of these C12 analogues increases in the order saturated alkanol<(n-3-alkenol<<(Z, Z)-3, 6-alkadienol. Two [12-3H]-12-fluoro alcohols and a [12-3H ...
