Title: | "Revision of the structure of the major aggregation pheromone of the broad-horned flour beetle (Gnatocerus cornutus) to (1S,4R,5R)-alpha-acoradiene by its synthesis" |
Author(s): | Tashiro T; Kurosawa S; Mori K; |
Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, Japan" |
Journal Title: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0916-8451 (Print) 0916-8451 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "(1S,4R,5R)-(+)-alpha-acoradiene [1,8-dimethyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)spiro[4.5]dec-7-ene] (1) is shown by its synthesis to be the major component of the male-produced aggregation pheromone of the broad-horned flour beetle (Gnatocerus cornutus)" |
Keywords: | Animals Coleoptera/*chemistry Molecular Structure Pheromones/chemical synthesis/*chemistry Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes Sesquiterpenes/chemical synthesis/*chemistry Stereoisomerism; |
Notes: | "MedlineTashiro, Takuya Kurosawa, Satoshi Mori, Kenji eng England 2004/04/02 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Mar; 68(3):663-70. doi: 10.1271/bbb.68.663" |