title: Structures, absolute configurations, and syntheses of volatile signals from three sympatric ant-lion species,Euroleon nostras, Grocus bore, andMyrmeleon formicarius (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae).
abstract: The thoracic gland of the ant-lionEuroleon nostras was found to contain nerol oxide (1a) and (Z)-6-undecen-2-ol (nostrenol,3) while the speciesGrocus bore contained 10-homonerol oxide (1b) and nostrenol (3). Nerol (2a) and 10-homonerol (2b) were found in a third species,Myrmeleon formicarius. 10-Homonerol, racemic 10-homonerol oxide, and racemic as well as (R)- and (S)-nostrenol were synthesized. The nerol oxide ofE. nostras and the 10-homonerol oxide ofG. bore were found to be racemic, while both species contained optically pure (R)-nostrenol (28).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
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authors.lastname: Baeckström
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authors.lastname: Bergström
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authors.lastname: Björkling
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authors.lastname: Hui-Zhu
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authors.lastname: Högberg
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authors.lastname: Guo-Qiang
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