Identification and Stereoselective Total Synthesis of an Insect Homosesquiterpene from the Clonal Raider Ant <i>Ooceraea biroi</i>
Ants typically demonstrate a high level of complex social behavior that is largely mediated by chemical communication. In recent years, the Clonal raider ant <i>Ooceraea biroi</i> has become a promising model system for the study of social behavior in ants. Here we report the profile of extracted volatiles from <i>O</i>. <i>biroi</i> and, following detection of an α-homofarnesene as the major component, unambiguously confirm its structural identity as (3<i>Z</i>,6<i>E</i>)-14-methyl-α-farnesene through preparative stereoselective total synthesis.
Authors
- Sarah E. O’Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-6213)
- Yoko Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9622-1005)
- Stefan Bartram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-2817)
- Tobias G. Köllner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-904X)
- Yuko Ulrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-7863)
- Nico Ueberschaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-490X)
- Ryan M. Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-0771)
- Tim Zetzsche
Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Natural Products
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5c00656
- Primary Topic
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft