(S)-2-Methyl-1-hexanol,characteristic mandibular gland substance of ants of theCataglyphis bicolor group |
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| Authors: | D Agosti C Austin O A Gökçen W A König E D Morgan E D Scott R Wehner |
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| Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland;(2) Department of Chemistry, Keele University, ST5 5BG Staffordshire, United Kingdom;(3) Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Summary In all the species of theCataglyphis bicolor group examined yet, i.e.C. bicolor, C. diehli, C. isis, C. nodus, andC. viaticus, 2-methyl-1-hexanol is the characteristic substance and almost the only substance found in the mandibular glands. Its chirality has been determined inC. bicolor and shown to be exclusively (S)-2-methyl-1-hexanol. |
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| Keywords: | mandibular glands chemotaxonomy chirality synthesis 2-methyl-1-hexanol Hymenoptera Formicidae Formicinae Cataglyphis |
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