
%0 Journal Article
%A Moore, BP 
%A Brown, WV 
%T Chemistry of the metasternal gland secretion of the common eucalypt longicorn, <I>Phoracantha semipunctata</I> (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1972/03/01
%V 25
%N 3
%P 591-598
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9720591
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9720591 
%X The metasternal gland secretion of Phoracantha semipunctata contains five significant volatile components, of which the most abundant is 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-benzaldehyde (1). The second most abundant component, which has been named phoraoanthol, has been shown by synthesis to be (5-ethylcyclopent-1-enyl)methanol (2). The three other components are aldehydes, derivable from phoracanthol and cis- and trans-dihydrophoracanthols, respectively. Apparently all five components are related biosynthetically. 
