New syntheses of the rice moth and stink bug pheromones by employing (2R, 6S)-7-acetoxy-2,6-dimethyl-1-heptanol as a building block

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1713-1721

  Nakamura, Yoshihide ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corcyra cephalonica; Euschistus heros; Pheromone; Rice moth; Stink bug

Indexed keywords

6,10,14 TRIMETHYL 2 PENTADECANOL; 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANOL; 7 ACETOXY 2,6 DIMETHYL 1 HEPTANOL; 7-ACETOXY-2,6-DIMETHYL-1-HEPTANOL; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ALCOHOL; HEPTANOL; METHYL 2,6,10 TRIMETHYLTRIDECANOATE; METHYL-2,6,10-TRIMETHYLTRIDECANOATE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DECANOATES; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; HEPTANOL; MALE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 0034251891     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1713     Document Type: Article

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