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9-Methylgermacrene-B is confirmed as the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Lapinha, Brazil, and the absolute stereochemistry defined as S
Hamilton, J. Gordon C.,Hooper, Antony M.,Ibbotson, Helen C.,Kurosawa, Satoshi,Mori, Kenji,Muto, Shin-Etsu,Pickett, John A.
, p. 2335 - 2336 (1999)
The structure of the sex pheromone produced by the male sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis, from the Lapinha Cave (Minas Gerais State) region of Brazil, previously proposed tentatively as the novel homosesquiterpene 9- methylgermacrene-B, is confirmed and the
Pheromone synthesis, CC: Synthesis of (S)-9-methylgermacrene-B, the male-produced sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Lapinha, Brazil, and its (R)-isomer
Kurosawa, Satoshi,Mori, Kenji
, p. 955 - 962 (2007/10/03)
Both the enantiomers of 9-methylgermacrene-B (1) were synthesized from the enantiomers of methyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate (2). The male-produced sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (the vector of the protozoan parasite Leishmania chagas
