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Chemical Communications

Determination of the absolute configuration of the sex pheromone of the obscure mealybug by vibrational circular dichroism analysis

Bruno Figadère,†a   Frank J. Devlin,b   Jocelyn G. Millara  and  Philip J. Stephensb  

a Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
E-mail: pstephen@usc.edu
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Abstract

Comparison of theoretical and experimental vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra of an enantiopure synthetic sample of the obscure mealybug sex pheromone allowed the determination of the absolute configuration of the insect’s pheromone.

Graphical abstract: Determination of the absolute configuration of the sex pheromone of the obscure mealybug by vibrational circular dichroism analysis

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B717440C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Nov 2007
Accepted
04 Dec 2007
First published
08 Jan 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 1106-1108

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Determination of the absolute configuration of the sex pheromone of the obscure mealybug by vibrational circular dichroism analysis

B. Figadère, F. J. Devlin, J. G. Millar and P. J. Stephens, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1106 DOI: 10.1039/B717440C

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