- SYNTHESIS OF STRAIGHT-CHAIN LEPIDOPTERAN PHEROMONES THROUGH ONE- OR TWO- CARBON HOMOLOGATION OF FATTY ALKENES
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Methods for the preparation of alkenes including insect pheromones are described. The methods include homologation reactions employing reagents such as 1,3-diesters, epoxides, cyanoacetates, and cyanide salts for elongation of starting materials and intermediates by one or two carbon atoms. The alkenes include insect pheromones useful in a number of agricultural applications.
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Paragraph 0151
(2020/02/14)
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- Production of pheromones and fragrances from substituted and unsubstituted 1-alken-3yl alkylates
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Compounds of the formula (I) wherein R2 is a branched or unbranched, saturated or ethylenically mono or di unsaturated aliphatic radical, Z is —CH2OH, —CH2OAc or —CHO, m is a whole positive integer of one or more, and Ac is an acetyl group are synthesized by a process wherein a 1-alken-3-yl alkylate, is reacted with a halo alkanol Grignard reagent.
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Page/Page column 6-7
(2010/05/13)
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- (E4,Z9)-Tetradecadienal, a sex pheromone for three North American moth species in the genus Saturnia
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The lepidopteran genus Saturnia has three representatives in North America, S. walterorum, S. mendocino, and S. albofasciata. (E4,Z9)-Tetradecadienal (E4,Z9-14:Aid) was identified as a sex pheromone component for all three species by combinations of coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram detection (GC-EAD), GC-mass spectrometry (MS), and field trials. In field trials, all three species were strongly attracted to (E4,Z9-14:Ald) as a single component, Small amounts of (Z)-9-tetradecenal (Z9-14:Ald) also were found in extracts of all three species, but blends of this compound with E4,Z9-14:Aid were no more attractive to male moths than E4,Z9-14:Ald alone. Extracts of pheromone glands of female S. walterorum occasionally contained a third, trace compound eliciting responses from male antennae in GC-EAD experiments, but this compound was not identified. It is suggested that the three species can use the same, single component as a sex attractant because the flight period of S. albofasciata (fall) is different than that of the other two species (spring), whereas the geographic distributions of S. mendocino and S. walterorum overlap over only small portions of their ranges. Furthermore, the latter two species readily hybridize, so there may be minimal fitness cost to cross-attraction.
- Mcelfresh, J. Steven,Millar, Jocelyn G.,Rubinoff, Daniel
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p. 791 - 806
(2007/10/03)
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