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The enantiomeric composition of 3-octanol produced by the ants,Crematogaster castanea Forel andC. liengmei F. Smith, as a component of their alarm pheromone complex, has been determined to beS-(+)-3-octanol by gas chromatography of the diastereomericS-(+)-3-octanylR-(+)-trans-chrysanthemates.
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Brand, J.M. Enantiomeric composition of an alarm pheromone component of the antsCrematogaster castanea andC. liengmei . J Chem Ecol 11, 177–180 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988200
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988200