title: Synthesis of sex pheromone components of the forest tent caterpillar,Malacosoma disstria (Hübner) and of the western tent caterpillar,Malacosoma californicum (Packard).
abstract: All four geometrical isomers of 5,7-dodecadien-1-ol have been stereoselectively synthesized by using Wittig condensation reactions. (5 Z,7E)-5,7-Dodecadien-1-ol and its corresponding aldehyde are components of the sex pheromone of the forest tent caterpillar. (5 E,7 Z)-5,7-Dodecadienal is a component of the pheromone of the western tent caterpillar. These compounds have been successfully tested in the field.
authors.affiliation: Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, S7N 0W9, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Steck
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Underbill