Inclusion and release of ant alarm pheromones from metal–organic frameworks

Harina Amer Hamzah; Daniel Rixson; Joseph Paul-Taylor; Huan V. Doan; Christopher Dadswell; Gavin W. Roffe; Arun Sridhar; Claire L. Hobday; Charlie Wedd; Tina Düren; William O. H. Hughes; John Spencer; Andrew D. Burrows

doi:10.1039/D0DT02047H

Inclusion and release of ant alarm pheromones from metal–organic frameworks†

Harina Amer Hamzah,

^a Daniel Rixson,

^a Joseph Paul-Taylor,

^a Huan V. Doan,

^a Christopher Dadswell,^b Gavin W. Roffe,^b Arun Sridhar,

^c Claire L. Hobday,

^c Charlie Wedd,

^c Tina Düren,

^c William O. H. Hughes,

^d John Spencer

^b and Andrew D. Burrows

*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
E-mail: a.d.burrows@bath.ac.uk

^b Chemistry Department, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QJ, UK

^c Centre for Advanced Separations Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

^d School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QJ, UK

Abstract

Zinc(II) and zirconium(IV) metal–organic frameworks show uptake and slow release of the ant alarm pheromones 3-octanone and 4-methyl-3-heptanone. Inclusion of N-propyl groups on the MOFs allows for enhanced uptake and release over several months. In preliminary field trials, leaf cutting ants show normal behavioural responses to the released pheromones.

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