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J Chem Ecol. 1987 Aug;13(8):1811-22. doi: 10.1007/BF01013230.

Novel pyrazines from the head of Australian ponerine antRhytidoponera metallica.

Journal of chemical ecology

B Tecle, C M Sun, J J Brophy, R F Toia

Affiliations

  1. Department of Organic Chemistry, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, 2033, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 24302390 DOI: 10.1007/BF01013230

Abstract

The novel pyrazines, (E)- and (Z)-5-methyl-3-(2-methylbutyl)-2-(3-methylbut-1-enyl)pyrazine, (E)- and (Z)-5-methyl-3-isopentyl-2-(3-methylbut-1-enyl) pyrazine, (E)- and (Z)-5-methyl-3-(2-methylbutyl)-2-(3-methylpent-1-enyl)pyrazine, (E)- and (Z)-5-methyl-3-isopentyl-2-(3-methylpentl-enyl) pyrazine, together with the known pyrazines, 2,5-dimethyl-3-(2-methylbutyl)pyrazine and 2,5-dimethyl-3-isopentylpyrazine, have been identified from the head of the Australian ponerine antRhytidoponera metallica. Alkanes and alkenes, in small amounts, were also detected.

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