Hydroxylation of n-alkanes to secondary alcohols and their esterification in the grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes |
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Authors: | G J Blomquist L L Jackson |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59715 Canada |
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Abstract: | Labeled n-alkanes administered to the grasshopper are hydroxylated at or near the middle of the carbon chain. The secondary alcohols formed are then esterified. Chain length specificity is evident in both the hydroxylation of n-alkanes and the esterification of secondary alcohols, with the shorter chain C23, C21, C19, and C25 compounds converted to secondary alcohol wax esters more readily than the longer chain C27, C29, and C31 compounds. Secondary alcohols and ketones are not reduced to alkanes. |
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