Quantitative GC analysis of secondary alcohol pheromones: determination of release rate of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, pheromone from lures

…, V Soroker, M Harel, J Nakache, E Dunkelblum

Index: Zada; Soroker; Harel; Nakache; Dunkelblum Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2002 , vol. 28, # 11 p. 2299 - 2306

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Abstract

Abstract Aliphatic secondary alcohols are components of several aggregation pheromones of important beetle and weevil pests. Some of these pheromones are used frequently for the monitoring and mass trapping of the relevant insects. We encountered severe difficulties in direct GC quantitative analysis of these compounds. Therefore, we developed a simple GC analysis of secondary alcohols converting them to trifluoroacetyl derivatives and using ...