Trail Pheromones: Responses of the Texas Leafcutting Ant, Atta texana1 to Selected Halo- and Cyanopyrrole-2-Aldehydes, Ketones, and Esters
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 2 (5) , 851-854
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/2.5.851
Abstract
Several halo- and cyanopyrroles related to the trail pheromone of Atta texana (Buckley), were prepared and tested by a faster and more sensitive bioassay than was previously available. Responsiveness of the ants in descending order to these compounds, based on the substituent in the number two position, is: esters, methyl ketones, aldehydes. Slight activity was observed when the nitrogen atom of the pyrrole ring was alkylated.Keywords
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