posted on 2021-08-05, 12:44authored byAndrew M. Twidle, Lisa I. Pilkington, David M. Suckling, David Barker
Sex pheromone analogues
were synthesized and tested on two pest
carposinid moth species: the guava moth, Coscinoptycha
improbana, and the raspberry bud moth, Heterocrossa rubophaga. The pheromone analogues used
for the electroantennogram testing included (Z)-11-methylenenonadec-7-ene,
(Z)-nonadec-12-en-9-amine, (Z)-11-methoxynonadec-7-ene,
(Z)-1-(octylsulfinyl)-dec-3-ene, and (Z)-nonadec-12-en-9-ol. An imine analogue, N-((Z)-nonadec-12-en-9-ylidene)cyclopropanamine, was also synthesized
but was too unstable for testing with the moths. None of the analogue
compounds elicited significant responses from the male moth antennae.