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The sex pheromone of the brownbanded cockroach, Supella longipalpa, can be synthesized by direct coupling of a brominated pyrone with an alkylzinc reagent. The stereochemistry of the natural pheromone has been assigned as (2′R, 4′R)-5-(2′,4′-dimethylheptanyl)-3-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one by a combination of synthesis, chiral gas chromatography, and electrophysiological measurement.
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