Absolute Configuration of Chiral Terpenes in Marking Pheromones of Bumblebees and Cuckoo Bumblebees

Chirality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-233

  Luxová, Anna ^a,b   Urbanová, Klára ^a,b   Valterová, Irena ^a   Terzo, Michael ^c   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2,3 dihydrofarnesal; 2,3 dihydrofarnesol; Bombus; Citronellol; Enantiomeric purity; Hymenoptera; Labial gland secretion; Male marking pheromone; Two dimensional gas chromatography

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDROFARNESAL; 2,3 DIHYDROFARNESOL; CITRONELLOL; FARNESOL; HYDROXYL GROUP; PHEROMONE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEE; BOMBUS BOHEMICUS; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS JONELLUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS PRATORUM; BOMBUS PYRENAEUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FARNESOL; MALE; MONOTERPENES; PHEROMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

EID: 1842864092     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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