title: Analysis of European oak bark beetle (Scolytus intricatus) extracts using hyphenated and chiral chromatography techniques.
abstract: Two bioactive compounds, viz. 4-methylheptan-3-ol (I) and 4-methylheptan-3-one (II) have been identified in European oak bark beetle (Scolytus intricatus) extracts by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometric and electroantennographic detector systems. Further examination of these compounds using gas chromatography on chiral stationary phases, as well as a comparison with optically active standards proved the absolute configuration of the identified compounds to be (3R,4S)-I and (S)-II. The discovery of (3R,4S)-I and (S)-II as insect-produced compounds in both sexes of S. intricatus constitutes the first reported occurrence in this species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo námesti 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Pavlína
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vrkocová
authors.forename: Blanka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kalinová
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valterová
authors.forename: Bohumír
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koutek