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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem

Title:		"Syntheses of racemic and diastereomeric mixtures of 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhentriacontane and 4,8,12,16-tetramethyldotriacontane, the cuticular tetramethylalkanes of the tsetse fly, Glossina brevipalpis"
Author(s):		Shibata C; Furukawa A; Mori K;
Address:		"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, Japan"
Journal Title:		Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
Year:		2002
Volume:		66
Issue:		3
Page Number:		582 - 587
DOI:		10.1271/bbb.66.582
ISSN/ISBN:		0916-8451 (Print) 0916-8451 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Cuticular hydrocarbons of the tsetse fly, Glossina brevipalpis, contain 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhentriacontane and 4,8,12,16-tetramethyldotriacontane as possible candidates for its contact sex pheromone. These were synthesized as racemic and diastereomeric mixtures starting from racemic citronellol and employing phenyl-sulfone-mediated chain-elongation as the key reaction"
Keywords:		"Acyclic Monoterpenes Alkanes/*chemistry Animals Indicators and Reagents Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Monoterpenes/chemistry Pheromones/*chemistry Spectrophotometry, Infrared Stereoisomerism Tsetse Flies/*metabolism;"
Notes:		"MedlineShibata, Chie Furukawa, Ayako Mori, Kenji eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2002/05/15 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2002 Mar; 66(3):582-7. doi: 10.1271/bbb.66.582"