Syntheses of Four Methyl-branched Secondary Acetates and a Methyl-branched Ketone as Possible Candidates for the Female Pheromone of the Screwworm Fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax

Ayako FURUKAWA; Chié SHIBATA; Kenji MORI

doi:10.1271/bbb.66.1164

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Syntheses of Four Methyl-branched Secondary Acetates and a Methyl-branched Ketone as Possible Candidates for the Female Pheromone of the Screwworm Fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax

Ayako FURUKAWA, Chié SHIBATA, Kenji MORI

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Keywords: Cochliomyia hominivorax, methyl-branched ketone, methyl-branched secondary acetate, pheromone, screwworm fly

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2002 Volume 66 Issue 5 Pages 1164-1169

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.66.1164

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6-Acetoxy-19-methylnonacosane (1), 7-acetoxy-19-methylnonacosane (2), 8-acetoxy-19-methylnonacosane (3), 7-acetoxy-15-methylnonacosane (4), and 21-methyl-7-hentriacontanone (5) were synthesized as racemic and diastereomeric mixtures. These are new compounds isolated from an HPLC fraction of the female hexane extract which elicited mating responses in the male screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax.

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