(3E, 8Z, 11Z)-3, 8, 11-Tetradecatrienyl acetate, major sex pheromone component of the tomato pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

…, EF Vilela, MA Uchôa-Fernandes, J Meinwald

Index: Attygalle, Athula B.; Jham, Gulab N.; Svatos, Ales; Frighetto, Rosa T. S.; Ferrara, Fernando A.; Vilela, Evaldo F.; Uchoa-Fernandes, Manoel A.; Meinwald, Jerrold Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 4, # 3 p. 305 - 314

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Abstract

The major sex attractant emitted by Scrobipalpuloides absoluta females is shown to be (3E, 8Z, 11Z)-3, 8, 11-tetradecatrien-1-yl acetate by a novel strategy involving the random reduction of double bonds, followed by methylthiolation of the reduced products. Each female sex gland contains ca. 1–5 ng of this pheromone. This triene ester, synthesized by a stereospecific procedure, shows spectral and gas chromatographic properties identical to ...