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Evidence that Cerambycid Beetles Mimic Vespid Wasps in Odor as well as Appearance. J Chem Ecol 2016; 43:75-83. [PMID: 27995365 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0800-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We present evidence that cerambycid species that are supposed mimics of vespid wasps also mimic their model's odor by producing spiroacetals, common constituents of vespid alarm pheromones. Adults of the North American cerambycids Megacyllene caryae (Gahan) and Megacyllene robiniae (Forster) are conspicuously patterned yellow and black, and are believed to be mimics of aculeate Hymenoptera, such as species of Vespula and Polistes. Adult males of M. caryae produce an aggregation-sex pheromone, but both sexes produce a pungent odor when handled, which has been assumed to be a defensive response. Headspace aerations of agitated females of M. caryae contained 16 compounds with mass spectra characteristic of spiroacetals of eight distinct chemical structures, with the dominant compound being (7E,2E)-7-ethyl-2-methyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane. Headspace samples of agitated males of M. caryae contained five of the same components, with the same dominant compound. Females of M. robiniae produced six different spiroacetals, one of which was not produced by M. caryae, (2E,7E)-2-ethyl-7-methyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane, and five that were shared with M. caryae, including the dominant (2E,8E)-2,8-dimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane. The latter compound is the sole spiroacetal produced by both males and females of a South American cerambycid species, Callisphyris apicicornis (Fairmaire & Germain), which is also thought to be a wasp mimic. Preliminary work also identified spiroacetals of similar or identical structure released by vespid wasps that co-occur with the Megacyllene species.
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Comparative study by electrophysiology of olfactory responses in bumblebees (Bombus hypnorum andBombus terrestris). J Chem Ecol 2013; 10:1157-68. [PMID: 24318903 DOI: 10.1007/bf00988546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/1983] [Revised: 11/30/1983] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Electrophysiological data (EAG) were recorded on adult bumblebees stimulated with floral and/or pheromonal pure odorants at different concentrations. The responses of queen, worker, and male bees are compared and the sensitivities of these insects to the pure odorants tested are discussed.
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Davies NW, Madden JL. Mandibular gland secretions of two parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). J Chem Ecol 2013; 11:1115-27. [PMID: 24310334 DOI: 10.1007/bf01020679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/1984] [Accepted: 12/19/1984] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Males ofRhyssa persuasoria andMegarhyssa nortoni nortoni exhibit marked aggregation behavior prior to and during the emergence of females from host trees, and this has been linked with the secretion of an odorous liquid from the mandibular glands. The volatile components of these secretions were examined by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. While both species contained 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one,M. nortoni nortoni was characterized by a series of alkyl spiroacetals andR. persuasoria contained 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-one. The same spiroacetals have previously been isolated from the mandibular glands of other Hymenoptera and have been directly associated with aggregation behavior in some species. The chemical and behavioral aspects of the two species are discussed.
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- N W Davies
- Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, P.O. Box 252C, 7001, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Borg-Karlson AK, Tengö J. Odor mimetism? : Key substances inOphrys lutea-Andrena pollination relationship (Orchidaceae: Andrenidae). J Chem Ecol 2013; 12:1927-41. [PMID: 24305969 DOI: 10.1007/bf01041856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/1984] [Accepted: 11/21/1985] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hypothesis of chemical mimesis in the relationship betweenOphrys orchids and their pollinators was tested experimentally using preparations ofOphrys lutea var.lutea odor and the males of the solitary beeAndrena fuscipes, a species constellation that does not coexist under natural conditions. Correspondence in odor production was shown to occur. Identification of the compounds in the cephalic secretion ofA. fuscipes, males and females, and the flower labella extracts, was performed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Geraniol, nerol, citral,E,E-farnesol and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one were present in the extracts of both the orchid and one or both sexes of the bee. Extracts, TLC fractions of extracts, blends, and separate compounds were tested in the field in the mating flight areas ofA. fuscipes males. Extracts and blends containingE,E-farnesol, geraniol, and geranial showed the highest attractivity to the male bees. These compounds seem to be responsible for the release of the odor-guided mating behavior at theO. lutea labellum and can be regarded as general attractants for many species ofAndrena.
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- A K Borg-Karlson
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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The Chemical Basis of Host-Plant Recognition in a Specialized Bee Pollinator. J Chem Ecol 2013; 39:1347-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Raju BR, Saikia AK. Asymmetric synthesis of naturally occurring spiroketals. Molecules 2008; 13:1942-2038. [PMID: 18794795 PMCID: PMC6245485 DOI: 10.3390/molecules13081942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Revised: 08/22/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Spiroketals are widely found as substructures of many naturally occurring compounds from diverse sources including plants, animals as well as microbes. Naturally occurring spiroketals are biologically active and most of them are chiral molecules. This article aims at reviewing the asymmetric synthesis of biologically active spiroketals for last 10 years (1998-2007).
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India E-mail:
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Bergström LGW. Chemical communication by behaviour-guiding olfactory signals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2008:3959-79. [PMID: 18758598 DOI: 10.1039/b712681f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chemical Ecology is a new interdisciplinary research area with close collaborations between chemists and biologists of different descriptions. It has developed during the last 40 years because of an interest in the structure, function and evolution of chemical signalling among organisms and also because of the hope to be able to use the ubiquitous phenomenon to control organisms, like pest insects. This feature article highlights the growth of the discipline and the progress made, through examples from the author's own work on chemical communication in insects and flowering plants. The research deals with olfactory signals, i.e. volatile chemical compounds perceived by the sense of smell. Analytical techniques and methods are an important part of the work.
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- L Gunnar W Bergström
- Laboratory for Ethological Chemistry, Kolonigatan 3, Goteborg, SE-41321, Sweden.
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GOUBAULT MARLÈNE, BATCHELOR TIMP, ROMANI ROBERTO, LINFORTH ROBERTST, FRITZSCHE MATTHIAS, FRANCKE WITTKO, HARDY IANCW. Volatile chemical release by bethylid wasps: identity, phylogeny, anatomy and behaviour. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ballini R, Palmieri A, Righi P. Highly efficient one- or two-step sequences for the synthesis of fine chemicals from versatile nitroalkanes. Tetrahedron 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Enders D, Dahmen W, Dederichs E, Weuster P. Spiroacetals from Acetone and Oxiranes - A Simple Route to Optically Active 1,6-Dioxaspiro [4,4]nonane-pheromones. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00397918308063739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Aho JE, Pihko PM, Rissa TK. Nonanomeric Spiroketals in Natural Products: Structures, Sources, and Synthetic Strategies. Chem Rev 2005; 105:4406-40. [PMID: 16351049 DOI: 10.1021/cr050559n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jatta E Aho
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Finland
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Ghosh SK, Hsung RP, Wang J. Ketal-tethered ring-closing metathesis. An unconventional approach to constructing spiroketals and total synthesis of an insect pheromone. Tetrahedron Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Brown HC, Kulkarni SV, Racherla US, Dhokte UP. Chiral Synthesis via Organoboranes. 47. Efficient Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Ketones and Enantiomerically Pure Spiroketals Using (+/-)-Isopinocampheyldichloroborane. J Org Chem 1998; 63:7030-7036. [PMID: 11672329 DOI: 10.1021/jo980989w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Readily prepared and stable (+/-)-isopinocampheyldichloroborane [(+/-)-IpcBCl(2)] was conveniently used for the stepwise hydroboration of two different alkenes using the in situ reduction-hydroboration protocol to give mixed trialkylboranes, IpcBR(1)R(2). Convenient elimination of alpha-pinene from these trialkylboranes by treatment with an aldehyde, RCHO, provided the borinate ester, R(1)R(2)BOCH(2)R. This intermediate was readily converted into the unsymmetrical ketones, R(1)COR(2), in high yields and purity, by an established method. This methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure spiroketals using optically pure TBS ether protected homoallylic alcohols as the alkenes for stepwise hydroboration.
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- Herbert C. Brown
- H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratories of Chemistry, 1393 Brown Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Kitayama T. Asymmetric syntheses of pheromones for Bactrocera nigrotibialis, Andrena wilkella, and Andrena haemorrhoa F from a chiral nitro alcohol. Tetrahedron 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00244-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Occhiato EG, Guarna A, De Sarlo F, Scarpi D. Baker's yeast reduction of prochiral γ-nitroketones. II.1 straightforward enantioselective synthesis of 2,7-dimethyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonanes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0957-4166(95)00394-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A simple, efficient, two-step synthesis of symmetric 2,7-dialkyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonanes. J Heterocycl Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.5570310145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Defensive secretion of two notodontid caterpillars (Schizura unicornis, S. badia). J Chem Ecol 1993; 19:2089-104. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00979649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/1993] [Accepted: 04/26/1993] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mercury(II)-mediated routes to some side-chain functionalised 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanes. Applications of Luche-Barbier chemoselective addition to ketoaldehydes. Tetrahedron 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ramaswamy S, Oehlschlager AC. Chemico-enzymatic syntheses of racemic and chiral isomers of 7- methyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane. Tetrahedron 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)86372-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Perkins MV, Kitching W, Drew RAI, Moore CJ, König WA. Chemistry of fruit flies: composition of the male rectal gland secretions of some species of South-East Asian Dacinae. Re-examination of Dacus cucurbitae(melon fly). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1039/p19900001111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nakamura K, Kitayama T, Inoue Y, Ohno A. Asymmetric synthesis of a pheromone for Andrena haemorrhoa F from a chiral nitro alcohol obtained by the yeast reduction of a nitro ketone. Tetrahedron 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)89061-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rosinidy G, Ballini R, Marotta E. Functionalized nitroalkanes in synthesis of 1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane components of paravespula vulgaris pheromone. Tetrahedron 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)89120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mori K, Soga H, Ikunaka M. Pheromone Syntheses, LXXVIII. Synthesis of the Four Thermodynamically Stable Stereoisomers of 2,7-Dimethyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.6]undecane, a Component of the Volatile Secretion from the Mandibular Glands ofAndrena haemorrhoa F. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1002/jlac.198519851109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Baker R, Bacon AJ. The identification of spiroacetals in the volatile secretions of two species of fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis, Dacus curcurbitae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01950049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pheromone Synthesis, LXIV. Synthesis of the Enantiomers of 2-Methyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.6]-dodecane, a Component of the Volatile Secretion from the Mandibular Glands ofAndrena haemorrhoa F. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/jlac.198419840116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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