@article{a2586cad94224394af6e95e755704c25,
title = "Synthesis of the sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug, Pseudococcus cryptus",
abstract = "The sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug (Pseudococcus cryptus), [(1R,3R)-3-isopropenyl-2,2-dimethylcyclobutyl]methyl 3-methyl-3-butenoate, was synthesized from (+)-α-pinene in five operational steps in a 43% overall yield. The synthetic pheromone was identical with the natural pheromone in 1H-NMR and mass spectroscopic properties, and showed almost the same pheromonal activity as the natural pheromone.",
keywords = "Pheromone, Pseudococcus cryptus, Terpenoid",
author = "Takashi Nakahata and Noriaki Itagaki and Tomonori Arai and Hajime Sugie and Shigefumi Kuwahara",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported, in part, by grant-aid for scientiˆc research (C) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (No. 13660103). Financial support given to S. K. by Nagase Science and Technology Foundation is also greatly appreciated. We are grateful to Ms. T. Yamada (Tohoku University) for measuring the mass spectra. 3-Methyl-3-buten-1-ol was kindly provided by Kuraray Co.",
year = "2003",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1271/bbb.67.2627",
language = "English",
volume = "67",
pages = "2627--2631",
journal = "Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry",
issn = "0916-8451",
publisher = "Japan Society for Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry",
number = "12",
}