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Methyl 6-methylsalicylate, trail pheromone of the ant Tetramorium impurum

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Staffordshire, England

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We thank M. C. and R. Cammaerts of Brussels for their collaborating in collecting and identifying the ants, G. J. Thomas, Roche Products, for the gift of a sample of 6-methylsalicylic acid, and the Royal Society and the SERC for the award of grants for the purchase of gas chromatography and GC-MS equipment.

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Morgan, E.D., Ollett, D.G. Methyl 6-methylsalicylate, trail pheromone of the ant Tetramorium impurum . Naturwissenschaften 74, 596–597 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368520

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