Issue 6, 2006

Synthesis of 9-methylgermacrene B, racemate of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lapinha), from the renewable resource, Geranium macrorrhizum essential oil

Abstract

The sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lapinha), comprising the unusual homosesquiterpene, 9-methylgermacrene B, can be prepared by methylation and deoxygenation of germacrone, the major constituent of Zdravets oil, the essential oil of the renewable resource Geranium macrorrhizum.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of 9-methylgermacrene B, racemate of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lapinha), from the renewable resource, Geranium macrorrhizum essential oil

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Feb 2006
Accepted
05 Apr 2006
First published
19 Apr 2006

Green Chem., 2006,8, 513-515

Synthesis of 9-methylgermacrene B, racemate of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lapinha), from the renewable resource, Geranium macrorrhizum essential oil

A. M. Hooper, J.-B. Farcet, N. P. Mulholland and J. A. Pickett, Green Chem., 2006, 8, 513 DOI: 10.1039/B602875F

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