TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex pheromones produced by male boll weevil
T2 - Isolation, identification, and synthesis
AU - Tumlinson, III, James Homer
AU - Hardee, D. D.
AU - Gueldner, R. C.
AU - Thompson, A. C.
AU - Hedin, P. A.
AU - Minyard, J. P.
PY - 1969/1/1
Y1 - 1969/1/1
N2 - The response of female boll weevils to males, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in laboratory bioassays can be reproduced by exposure to a mixture of compounds I, II, and either III or IV, all isolated from male weevils and their fecal material. The same response was elicited by mixtures of the synthesized compounds. Compound I is (+)-cis-2-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclobutaneethanol; II, cis-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,β-cyclohexaneethanol; III, cis-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,α-cyclohexaneacetaldehyde; and IV, trans-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,αcyclohexaneacetaldehyde.
AB - The response of female boll weevils to males, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in laboratory bioassays can be reproduced by exposure to a mixture of compounds I, II, and either III or IV, all isolated from male weevils and their fecal material. The same response was elicited by mixtures of the synthesized compounds. Compound I is (+)-cis-2-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclobutaneethanol; II, cis-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,β-cyclohexaneethanol; III, cis-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,α-cyclohexaneacetaldehyde; and IV, trans-3,3-dimethyl-Δ1,αcyclohexaneacetaldehyde.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.166.3908.1010
DO - 10.1126/science.166.3908.1010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001018735
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 166
SP - 1010
EP - 1012
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 3908
ER -