Syntheses,Characterizations, and Biological Activities of Tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl Acetates as Sex Attractants of Leaf‐Mining Moth of the Genus Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) |
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Authors: | Ilme Liblikas Raimondas Mozūraitis Ellen?M Santangelo Remigijus Noreika Anna‐Karin Borg‐Karlson |
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Institution: | 1. Ecological Chemistry Group, Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE‐100?44 Stockholm, (fax: +46?8791?2333);2. Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, EE‐50411, Tartu;3. Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Akademijos 2, LT‐2600 Vilnius;4. Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius Pedagogical University, LT‐08106 Vilnius |
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Abstract: | The four possible isomers of tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetate and corresponding alcohols were synthesized stereoselectively by synthetic routes employing Wittig coupling reaction for the preparation of (Z,E)‐ and (Z,Z)‐isomers, and alkylation of terminal alkynes for the preparation of (E,E)‐ and (E,Z)‐isomers as the key steps. Synthetic products were characterized by 13C‐ and 1H‐NMR spectroscopy as well as mass‐spectrometric methods. All four isomers gave distinctive mass spectra where m/z 81 fragments clearly dominated. Elution order, followed by retention index presented in parenthesis, of tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐ols was determined as (Z,Z) (2082.1), (Z,E) (2082.8), (E,E) (2083.1), and (E,Z) (2083.2) from unpolar SPB‐1 column, and as (E,E) (2210.2), (Z,E) (2222.1), (E,Z) (2223.4), and (Z,Z) (2224.7) from polar DB‐WAX column. The isomers of tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetates eluted in the order of (Z,Z) (2176.1), (Z,E) (2178.4), (E,Z) (2185.9), and (E,E) (2186.4) from SPB‐1, and (Z,E) (2124.3), (E,E) (2157.7), (Z,Z) (2128.9), and (E,Z) (2135.9) from DB‐WAX columns. Field‐screening tests for attractiveness of tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetates revealed that (4Z,8E)‐tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetate significantly attracted Phyllonorycter coryli and Chrysoesthia drurella males. (4E,8E)‐Tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetate was the most efficient attractant for Ph. esperella and Ph. saportella males, and (4E,8Z)‐tetradeca‐4,8‐dien‐1‐yl acetate was attractive to Ph. cerasicolella males. |
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Keywords: | Tetradeca‐4 8‐dien‐1‐yl acetates Phyllonorycter coryli Chrysoesthia drurella Biological activity Moth Pheromones |
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