title: Introduction of methyl groups to acetate substituted chain of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of turnip moth,agrotis segetum: synthesis, single-sensillum recordings, and structure-activity relationships.
abstract: Methyl-substituted analogs of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of the turnip moth,Agrotis segetum, have been synthesized and studied by electrophysiological single-sensillum recordings and molecular mechanics calculations [MM2(85)]. The analogs are monomethyl substituted in the 2, 3, 4, and 5 positions and geminally dimethyl substituted in the 2, 3, and 4 positions. The methyl groups have been employed as space probes to study the degree of steric complementarity between the acetate-substituted alkyl chain of the pheromone component and its receptor. The electrophysiological activities, interpreted in terms of a receptor interaction model, indicate significant steric repulsive interactions between the introduced methyl groups and the receptor. This implies a high degree of complementarity between the acetate-substituted alkyl chain of the natural pheromone component and its receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry 3 Chemical Center, University of Lund, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jönsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liljefors
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hansson