Enantiomeric composition of an alarm pheromone component of the antsCrematogaster castanea andC. liengmei.

J Chem Ecol

Biochemistry Department, University of Fort Hare, Alice Ciskei, South Africa.

Published: February 1985

The enantiomeric composition of 3-octanol produced by the ants,Crematogaster castanea Forel andC. liengmei F. Smith, as a component of their alarm pheromone complex, has been determined to beS-(+)-3-octanol by gas chromatography of the diastereomericS-(+)-3-octanylR-(+)-trans-chrysanthemates.

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