Absolute configuration of 4-Methyl-3-heptanone and 4-methyl-3-heptanol from mandibular glands of virgin males and females of Atta sexdens rubropilosa

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1569-1575

  Do Nascimento, Ruth R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

4 methyl 3 heptanol; 4 Methyl 3 heptanone; Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Chiral column gas chromatography; Chirality; Female; Formicidae; Gas chromatogmphy mass spectrometry; Hymenoptera; Male

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030761506     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006422.15472.d5     Document Type: Article

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