
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moore, BP 
A1  - Brown, WV 
T1  - Chemistry of the metasternal gland secretion of the common eucalypt longicorn, <I>Phoracantha semipunctata</I> (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1972
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
SP  - 591
EP  - 598
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9720591 
N2  - 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. 
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