Stereochemistry of female-specific normonoterpenes, sex pheromone candidates from the acarid mite, Tyreophagus sp. (Astigmata: Acaridae).
Two normonoterpenes were detected from an unidentified Tyreophagus sp. as new female-specific components. Both planar structures were identified to be 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal (1) and 2,6-dimethyl-5-hepten-1-ol (2) by GC/MS co-chromatography with synthetic 1 and 2. The stereochemistry of 2 was determined to be R by a GC analysis with a chiral column, while that of 1 was presumed to be similar to 2 based on the biosynthetic aspects.
Shimizu
Nobuhiro
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Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Science, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kameoka, Japan.
Miwa
Kuniaki
K
Noge
Koji
K
Yakumaru
Ryota
R
Mori
Naoki
N
Kuwahara
Yasumasa
Y
D040041:Acaridae / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D012724:Sex Attractants; D013729:Terpenes