Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Synthesis of the four stereoisomers of 3, 12-dimethylheptacosane,(Z)-9-Pentacosene and (Z)-9-heptacosene, the cuticular hydrocarbons of the ant, Diacamma sp.

Y Masuda, K Mori

Index: Masuda, Yui; Mori, Kenji Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 2002 , vol. 66, # 5 p. 1032 - 1038

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Abstract

All of the four stereoisomers of 3, 12-dimethylheptacosane were synthesized from the enantiomers of citronellal.(Z)-9-Pentacosene and (Z)-9-heptacosene were also synthesized. These hydrocarbons are the characteristic components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the