Misplaced Pages

Octadecanolide

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Organic chemical compound
Octadecanolide
Names
IUPAC name oxacyclononadecan-2-one
Other names
  • 1-oxacyclononadecan-2-one
  • 18-Octadecanolide
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
PubChem CID
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C18H34O2/c19-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-20-18/h1-17H2Key: PGRBVLPTXLOMNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
  • C1CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCCCCCC1
Properties
Chemical formula C18H34O2
Molar mass 282.468 g·mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references
Chemical compound

Octadecanolide is an organic compound with the chemical formula C18H34O2. It is a cyclic ester or lactone, more specifically a macrolide.

Occurrence

Several species of bees (such as some of genera Colletes, Halictus, Lasioglossum) and butterflies (such as some of genus Heliconius) use octadecanolide as a pheromone. The Dufour's gland of bees in the Halictinae subfamily, contains octadecanolide along with other macrocyclic lactones, which could be used for a range of different applications like nest building, larval food and chemical communication.

References

  1. octadecanolide in Pherobase
  2. Hefetz, Abraham; Blum, Murray; Eickwort, George; Wheeler, James (1978). "Chemistry of the dufour's gland secretion of halictine bees". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 61 (1): 129–132. doi:10.1016/0305-0491(78)90229-8.
  3. Johansson, Ingela (1982). "Systematic relationship of halictinae bees based on the pattern of macrocyclic lactones in the Dufour gland secretion". Insect Biochemistry. 12 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1016/0020-1790(82)90004-X.
  4. Mitra, Aniruddha (2013). "Function of the Dufour's gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 35: 33–58. doi:10.3897/JHR.35.4783.


Stub icon

This article about an organic compound is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: