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Stereochemical course of pheromone biosynthesis in the arctiid moth,Creatonotos transiens

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The biosynthetic conversion of a pyrrolizidine alkaloid (heliotrine,IV) to a male moth pheromone (hydroxydanaidal,III) is found to proceed with inversion of configuration at the remaining asymmetric center (C-7).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, 11794, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    T. W. Bell, M. Boppré, D. Schneider & J. Meinwald

  2. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, D-8400, Regensburg, Germany

    T. W. Bell, M. Boppré, D. Schneider & J. Meinwald

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131, Seewiesen, Germany

    T. W. Bell, M. Boppré, D. Schneider & J. Meinwald

  4. Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, New York, USA

    T. W. Bell, M. Boppré, D. Schneider & J. Meinwald

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Acknowledgments. The partial support of this research by a grant from the N.I.H. (AI-12020) and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB4-B6) is acknowleded with pleasure.

Please address correspondence regarding the chemical aspects of this communication to either T.W. Bell (Stony Brook) or J. Meinwald (Ithaca); inquiries regarding biological aspects should be sent to M. Boppré (Regensburg) or D. Schneider (Seewiesen).

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Bell, T.W., Boppré, M., Schneider, D. et al. Stereochemical course of pheromone biosynthesis in the arctiid moth,Creatonotos transiens. Experientia 40, 713–714 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949738

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