1. (6R,10S)-Pallantione: the first ketone identified as sex pheromone in stink bugs.
- Author
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Fávaro CF, Soldi RA, Ando T, Aldrich JR, and Zarbin PH
- Subjects
- Animals, Decanoates chemistry, Decanoates metabolism, Hemiptera physiology, Male, Molecular Structure, Pheromones chemistry, Sex Attractants chemistry, Sex Attractants metabolism, Stereoisomerism, Decanoates isolation & purification, Hemiptera chemistry, Sex Attractants isolation & purification
- Abstract
This work describes the structural elucidation of the sex pheromone of the soybean stink bug, Pallantia macunaima. The biological activity of the synthetic pheromone was demonstrated by behavioral and EAD experiments. Furthermore, the absolute configuration of the natural pheromone was determined as (6R,10S)-6,10,13-trimethyltetradecan-2-one. This is the first ketone identified as a male-produced sex pheromone in Pentatomidae, and the trivial name, pallantione, was assigned to this novel pheromone molecule.
- Published
- 2013
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