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The stereospecificity of the sawfly pheromone 3,7-dimethyl-2-pentadecanol acetate againstNeodiprion lecontei was studied. Twoerythro and a 1∶1 mixture ofthreo isomers (C-2 and C-3) were synthesized for this purpose. It was found that only one isomer with (−)-erythro configuration (2S, 3S) had biological activity. The potency of this synthetic pheromone was roughly identical to the one shown by the naturally occurring pheromone in this species.
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Matsumura, F., Tai, A., Coppel, H.C. et al. Chiral specificity of the sex pheromone of the red-headed pine sawfly,Neodiprion lecontei . J Chem Ecol 5, 237–249 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988238
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