Sex pheromone of the face fly,Musca autumnalis De Geer (Diptera: Muscidae) |
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| Authors: | E. G. Uebel P. E. Sonnet R. W. Miller Morton Beroza |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Chemical and Biophysical Control Laboratory, Agricultural Environmental Quality Institute, Agricultural Research Service, 20705 Beltsville, Maryland;(2) Organic Chemical Synthesis Laboratory, Agricultural Environmental Quality Institute, Agricultural Research Service, 20705 Beltsville, Maryland |
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| Abstract: | Components of a sex pheromone that cause male face flies to strike at females were found to be the straight-chain monoalkenes (Z)-14-nonacosene, (Z)-13-nonacosene, and (Z)-13-heptacosene. Although these compounds were found in the extracts of both sexes, extracts from sexually mature males contained a much higher proportion of nonacosane and heptacosane, which attenuated the activity of the active monoalkenes. The monoalkenes were readily synthesized by a Wittig reaction modified by the use of hexamethylphosphoric triamide as a cosolvent with tetrahydrofuran to produce a product containing 94–96% (Z) isomer. |
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| Keywords: | face fly Musca autumnalis De Geer pheromone sex pheromone behavioral bioassay (Z)-14-nonacosene (Z)-13-nonacosene (Z)-13-heptacosene mating strike |
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