Shao, Feng2010-08-032010-08-032010-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/92813University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2010. Major: Chemistry. Advisor: Thomas R. Hoye. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 184 pages. Ill. (some col.)Syntheses of two new components of sea lamprey migratory pheromone: PADS and PSDS were accomplished, which verified their structure assignments. A novel biosynthesis hypothesis of the hirsutellone family was proposed. Synthetic efforts towards hirsutellones A, B, C, and F were discussed in details.en-USChemistryThesis or Dissertation