Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 3,12-Dimethylheptacosane, (Z)-9-Pentacosene and (Z)-9-Heptacosene, the Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Ant, Diacamma sp.

Abstract

  All of the four stereoisomers of 3,12-dimethylheptacosane were synthesized from the enantiomers of citronellal. (Z)-9-Pentacosene and (Z)-9-heptacosene were also synthesized. These hydrocarbons are the characteristic components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the queen of the ant, Diacamma sp.