Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 3,12-Dimethylheptacosane, (Z)-9-Pentacosene and (Z)-9-Heptacosene, the Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Ant, Diacamma sp.

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1032-1038

  Masuda, Yui ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Fuji Flavor Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Z) alkene; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Diacamma sp; Dimethyl branched alkane; Queen ant

Indexed keywords

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE;

3,12 DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE; 3,12-DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE; 9 HEPTACOSENE; 9 PENTACOSENE; 9-HEPTACOSENE; 9-PENTACOSENE; ALKANE; ALKENE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; ALKENES; ANIMALS; ANTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0036560921     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1032     Document Type: Article

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