Australian Journal of Chemistry

The chemistry of the metasternal gland secretion of the eucalypt longicorn Phoracantha synonyma (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

BP Moore, WV Brown

Index: Moore,B.P.; Brown,W.V. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 29, p. 1365 - 1374

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Citation Number: 82

Abstract

Abstract The metasternal gland secretion of Phoracantha synonyma contains a diversity of volatile components, one of which, 2-hydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (1), is of widespread occurrence in the genus. Threemajor components and several minor components are macrocyclic lactones, of which the following have been positively identified: decan-9-olide (2),(2)-dec-4-en-9-olide (3) and 11-hydroxytetradec-5-en-13-olide (4). The methyl and ...