Dihydroactinidiolide
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| Dihydroactinidiolide | |
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| Chemical name | (7aR)-5,6,7,7a-Tetrahydro-4,4,7a- trimethyl-2(4H)-benzofuranone |
| Other names | Dihydroactinidiolide |
| Chemical formula | C11H16O2 |
| Molecular mass | 180.24 g/mol |
| CAS number | [17092-92-1] |
| Density | ? g/cm3 |
| Melting point | ? °C |
| Boiling point | ? °C |
| SMILES | O=C2O[C@]1(C)CCCC(C)(C)C1=C2 |
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Dihydroactinidiolide is a volatile terpene. It has a sweet, tea-like odor and is used as a fragrance. Dihydroactinidiolide occurs naturally in black tea, fenugreek, fire ants, mangos, silver vine, and tobacco. It has also been prepared synthetically.[1]
Dihydroactinidiolide is a pheromone for a variety of insects;[2] for example, it is one of the three components of the pheromone for queen recognition of the workers of the red fire ant.[3]
As with nepetalactone, found in catnip, dihydroactinidiolide is a cat attractant. Cultivators of silver vine (which contains another such chemical, actinidine, which is also a cat attractant) sometimes find their plants destroyed by enthusiastic cats.
[edit] References
- ^ S. Yao, M. Johannsen, R.G. Hazell, K.A. Jorgensen, J. Org. Chem., 63, 118-121.
- ^ Pherobase listing for dihydroactinidiolide
- ^ Rocca, J.R. Tumlinson, J.H., Glancey, B.M., Lofgren, C.S., Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 1889.
