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Electrophysiological Measurements from a Moth Olfactory System
Published on: March 29, 2011
Stereochemical course of pheromone biosynthesis in the arctiid moth, Creatonotos transiens
Experientia
|July 15, 1984
Abstract:
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).
