Efficient synthesis of (±)-4-methyloctanoic acid, aggregation pheromone of rhinoceros beetles of the genus oryctes (Coleoptera: Dynastidae, Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 5050-5052

  Ragoussis, Valentine ^a   Giannikopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Skoka, Efthymia ^a   Grivas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

4 methyloctanoic acid; Claisen rearrangement; Ethyl 4 methyloctanoate; Oryctes elegans; Oryctes monoceros; Oryctes rhinoceros; Pheromone synthesis; Rhinoceros beetles

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DYNASTIDAE; ORYCTES ELEGANS; ORYCTES MONOCEROS; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; SCARABAEIDAE;

4 METHYLOCTANOIC ACID; 4-METHYLOCTANOIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; ETHYL 4 METHYLOCTANOATE; ETHYL 4-METHYLOCTANOATE; N HEXANAL; N-HEXANAL; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CAPRYLATES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 34447294246     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0704662     Document Type: Article

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