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Chem. Commun., 2004, 1196 - 1197, DOI: 10.1039/b403186e

Biosynthesis of the insect pheromone (S)-4-methyl-3-heptanone

Andrew P. Jarvis, Jürgen Liebig, Bert Hölldobler and Neil J. Oldham

Using stable isotope-labelled probes and mass spectrometry, the insect pheromone (S)-4-methyl-3-heptanone is shown to be biosynthesised from three propionate units following a polyketide/fatty acid-type metabolic route.

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