Title: | Synthesis of delta-lactonic pheromones ofXylocopa hirsutissima andVespa orientalis and an allomone of some ants of genusCamponotus |
Author(s): | Bacardit R; Moreno-Manas M; |
Address: | "Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Simple preparations ofcis-3,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2-pyrone, VII,6-n-undecyltetrahydro-2-pyrone, XVIIb, and 6-n-pentyl-5,6-dihydro-2-pyrone, XVIa, have been achieved. Products VII and XVIIb, respectively, are the major constituent of the pheromonal blend of a carpenter bee (Xylocopa hirsutissima) and the pheromone of the queens of the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis). The lactone XVIa is a suspected defensive allomone in two species of formicine ants of the genusCamponotus. All three compounds have been prepared from dehydroacetic acid, I, a cheap and industrially available starting material" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBacardit, R Moreno-Manas, M eng 1983/06/01 J Chem Ecol. 1983 Jun; 9(6):703-14. doi: 10.1007/BF00988777" |