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The most active component of the trail pheromone of the leafcutting ant,Acromyrmex octospinosus, is methyl 4-methylpyrrole-2-carboxylate (I). Two pyrazine isomers (II) and (III) are present but inactive.
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Cross, J.H., West, J.R., Silverstein, R.M. et al. Trail pheromone of the leaf-cutting ant,Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich), (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J Chem Ecol 8, 1119–1124 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986982
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