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Synthesis of syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal, the male sex pheromone and trail-following pheromone of two species of the termite Zootermopsis

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Pages 560-568 | Received 19 May 2010, Accepted 13 Oct 2010, Published online: 07 Mar 2011

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