The discovery of 2,5-dialkylcyclohexan-1,3-diones as a new class of natural products

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8877-8882

  Franke, S ^a   Ibarra, F ^a   Schulz, C M ^a   Twele, R ^a   Poldy, J ^b   Barrow, R A ^b   Peakall, R ^b   Schiestl, F P ^c   Francke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 butyl 5 methylcyclohexan 1,3 dione; 2 ethyl 5 pentylcyclohexan 1,3 dione; Chiloglottis; Mass spectrometry; Semiochemical

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CYCLOHEXANONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORCHIDACEAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

CHILOGLOTTIS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 67049172231     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900646106     Document Type: Article

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