Posticlure: a novel trans-epoxide as a sex pheromone component of the tussock moth, Orgyia postica (Walker)

Authors
Wakamura, S Arakaki, N Yamamoto, M Hiradate, S Yasui, H Yasuda, T Ando, T
Citation
S. Wakamura et al., Posticlure: a novel trans-epoxide as a sex pheromone component of the tussock moth, Orgyia postica (Walker), TETRAHEDR L, 42(4), 2001, pp. 687-689
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry & Analysis","Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
ISSN journal
00404039 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
687 - 689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(20010122)42:4<687:PANTAA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A single EAG-active component was found in a pheromone extract from virgin females of the tussock moth, Orgyia postica. This compound nam ed posticlur e possesses a trans-epoxy ring and was identified as (6Z,9Z,11S,12S)-11,12- epoxyhenicosa-6,9-diene by means of GC-MS, H-1 NMR and chiral HPLC analyses , and further chemical derivation followed by the GC-MS analysis. In a fiel d test with. the pheromone synthesized stereoselectively, the male moths we re specifically attracted to the (11S,12S)-isomer but not to the antipode. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.