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Absolute Configuration of 4-Methyl-3-Heptanone and 4-Methyl-3-Heptanol from Mandibular Glands of Virgin Males and Females ofAtta sexdens rubropilosa

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(S)-;(+)-4-Methyl-3-heptanone is the principal component in the secretion from the mandibular glands of unmated and mated males and females ofAtta sexdens rubropilosa. In mated and unmated females, it is essentially the only component in the glandular secretion. In unmated males up to 50% of the secretion is a mixture of (3S, 4S)- and (3R, 4S)-4-methyl-3-heptanol. After mating, the amount of alcohol in the males decreases markedly.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR 101 Norte, Km 14, Tabuleiro, 57072-970, Maceió-Alagoas, Brasil

    Ruth R. do Nascimento

  2. Department of Chemistry, Keele University Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, England

    E. David Morgan

  3. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany

    W. A. König

  4. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

    Terezinha M. C. Della Lucia

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do Nascimento, R.R., Morgan, E.D., König, W.A. et al. Absolute Configuration of 4-Methyl-3-Heptanone and 4-Methyl-3-Heptanol from Mandibular Glands of Virgin Males and Females ofAtta sexdens rubropilosa . J Chem Ecol 23, 1569–1575 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006422.15472.d5

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