Synthesis of the enantiomers of some methyl-branched cuticular hydrocarbons of the ant, Diacamma sp.

K Marukawa, H Takikawa, K Mori

Index: Marukawa, Kaoru; Takikawa, Hirosato; Mori, Kenji Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2001 , vol. 65, # 2 p. 305 - 314

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Abstract

The enantiomers of 3-methylpentacosane, 3-methylheptacosane, 3-methylnonacosane, 13- methylheptacosane, and 5-methylheptacosane were synthesized by starting from the enantiomers of 2-methylbutyl bromide or citronellol. These methyl-branched alkanes are the characteristic components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of queen of the ant, Diacamma sp.