Synthesis of syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal, the male sex pheromone and trail-following pheromone of two species of the termite Zootermopsis

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 560-568

  Ghostin, J ^a   Bordereau, C ^b   Braekman, J C ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

pheromone; syn 4,6 dimethyldodecanal; termite; Zootermopsis angusticollis; Zootermopsis nevadensis

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLHEPTYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM IODIDE; 3,5 DIMETHYL 2 CYCLOHEXEN 1 ONE; IODIDE; KETONE; METHYL 4 METHYL 5 OXO PENTANOATE; OXOACID; SEX PHEROMONE; SYN 4,6 DIMETHYLDODECANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIASTEREOISOMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ISOPTERA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; STEREOISOMERISM; WITTIG REACTION; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IODINE COMPOUNDS; ISOMERISM; ISOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHEROMONES; VALERATES;

ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 79952674630     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.535152     Document Type: Article

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