title: Secondary amines isolated from venom gland of dolichoderine antTechnomyrmex albipes.
abstract: A series of unsaturated secondary amines have been isolated from the dolichoderine antTechnomyrmex albipes (F. Smith). The major components of the mixture have been shown by spectroscopic procedures to be dinon-8-enylamine, andN-hept-6-enylnon-8-enamine, and these structural assignments have been confirmed by synthesis. Mass spectrometry indicates the presence of trace amounts of the bis C11 amine and the C9-C11 amine. The four amines, present in total at approximately 2.8μg/ant, are located in the gaster of the insect in a gland that is considered to be the venom gland although it is atypical from a morphological standpoint.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, 2033, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brophy
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Clezy
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Robertson