All articles of this category Optically active (4 E ,6 S )-(+)-4,6-dimethyloct-4-en-3-one (10a) , manicone, and (3 E ,5 S )-(+)-3,5-dimethylhept-3-en-2-one (10b) , normanicone, the biologically active stereoisomers of mandibular gland alarm pheromone components of Manica ants, were synthesized by three different routes starting from ( S )-(-)-2-methylbutan-1-ol (1) .
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Martischonok et al. (1991) studied this question.