Australian Journal of Chemistry

Hydrocarbon constituents of the Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis

GWK Cavill, E Houghton

Index: Cavill,G.W.K.; Houghton,E. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1973 , vol. 26, p. 1131 - 1135

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Citation Number: 29

Abstract

Abstract The 26 hydrocarbons identified from Iridomyrmex humilis comprise 0.24% of the body weight of the insect. They include the normal alkanes, C 14 to C 27, and a number of alkenes and 3-and 5-monomethylalkanes in the range C 14 to C 20. The presence of 4- methylhexadecane is noted. Two of the constituents, heptadecane and (Z)-nonadec-9-ene, comprise 80% of the total.