Characterization of (1R, 4S, 4aR, 7S, 7aR)-dihydronepetalactol as a semiochemical for lacewings, including Chrysopa spp. and Peyerimhoffina gracilis

AM Hooper, B Donato, CM Woodcock, JH Park…

Index: Hooper; Donato; Woodcock; Park; Paul; Boo; Hardie; Pickett Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2002 , vol. 28, # 4 p. 849 - 864

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Abstract

Abstract The enantiomerically pure diastereoisomers (1 R, 4 S, 4a R, 7 S, 7a R)-(1) and (1 R, 4 R, 4a R, 7 S, 7a R)-dihydronepetalactol (2) were synthesized diastereoselectively from a renewable resource,(4a S, 7 S, 7a R)-nepetalactone (3), isolated as the main constituent of the essential oil of the catmint plant Nepeta cataria. The stereochemistry of the compounds was determined by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, and the compounds ...