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Syntheses are developed for 2S-tridecyl- and 2S-tridec-10E-enylacetates, se
x pheromones of the fruit fly Drosophila mulleri and the Hessian fly Mayeti
ola destructor, respectively, that are based on ethyl-3S-hydroxybutanoate,
a product from enzymatic reduction of ethyl acetoacetate by the soil yeast
strain "80-1."