Chemistry:Monomorine I

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Monomorine I
Monomorine I.svg
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(3R,5S,8aS)-3-Butyl-5-methyloctahydroindolizine
Other names
5-Methyl-3-butyloctahydroindolizine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
C13H25N
Molar mass 195.350 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Monomorine I is a bicyclic amine that is the trail pheromone of Monomorium pharaonis. Its structure was first elucidated 1973.[1] Synthetic monomorine might be used to lure ants to their doom.[2]

References

  1. Ritter, F. J.; Rotgans, I. E. M.; Talman, E.; Verwiel, P. E. J.; Stein, F. (1 May 1973). "5-methyl-3-butyl-octahydroindolizine, a novel type of pheromone attractive to Pharaoh's ants (Monomorium pharaonis (L.)". Experientia 29 (5): 530–531. doi:10.1007/BF01926645. 
  2. Wyatt, Stuart Warren, Paul (2008). Organic synthesis : the disconnection approach (2nd ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0470712368.