Sex pheromone biosynthesis in the female olive fruit-fly. Double labelling from [18O2]-dioxygen into 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane.
The demonstration that both oxygen atoms of 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane (1), the sex-pheromone of the female olive fly, originate from dioxygen, strongly implicates monooxygenase mediated processes in assembly of (1), and reveals unexpected complexity in the formation of its nine-carbon precursor.
Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
Mary T
MT
Fletcher
Basilis E
BE
Mazomenos
John H
JH
Georgakopoulos
Maria A
MA
Konstantopoulou
Barry J
BJ
Wood
James J
JJ
De Voss
William
W
Kitching
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*
D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D012724:Sex Attractants; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C103434:1,7-dioxaspiro(5.5)undecane; D010100:Oxygen