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Partially fluorinated analogs of (Z)-9-dodecenyl acetate, the major pheromone component of the grape berry mothEupoecilia ambiguella, produced a variety of different behaviors in wind tunnel and field trapping experiments. A difluoro analog was a potent attractant, the trifluoromethyl analog had little attractancy, and the pentafluoroethyl analog was a potent synergist for the natural pheromone.
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G. D. P. and W.-C. S. thank the Herman Frasch Foundation for financial support and Dr I. Ujváry for helpful discussions. We are grateful to Professor W. Sauter (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich), for moth identifications.
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Bengtsson, M., Rauscher, S., Arn, H. et al. Fluorine-substituted pheromone components affect the behavior of the grape berry moth. Experientia 46, 1211–1213 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936940
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