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(3R,4S)-Methyl-3-heptanol, the trail pheromone of the ant Leptogenys diminuta

Pheromones, 66

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  1. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-8520, Erlangen

    A. B. Attygalle, O. Vostrowsky & H. J. Bestmann

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, D-6000, Frankfurt

    S. Steghaus-Kovac & U. Maschwitz

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We wish to thank Prof. V. Schurig (Tübingen) for lending us the columns for preliminary studies, and Prof. K. Mori (Tokyo), N. Frighetto and R. T. S. Frighetto (Erlangen) for optically active samples of 4-methyl-3-heptanol. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Attygalle, A.B., Vostrowsky, O., Bestmann, H.J. et al. (3R,4S)-Methyl-3-heptanol, the trail pheromone of the ant Leptogenys diminuta . Naturwissenschaften 75, 315–317 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367327

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