Structure elucidation of female-specific volatiles released by the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma turkestanica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Armin Tröger; Teris A van Beek; Martinus E Huigens; Isabel M M S Silva; Maarten A Posthumus; Wittko Francke

doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.72

Structure elucidation of female-specific volatiles released by the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma turkestanica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Beilstein J Org Chem. 2014 Apr 2:10:767-73. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.10.72. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Armin Tröger¹, Teris A van Beek², Martinus E Huigens³, Isabel M M S Silva³, Maarten A Posthumus², Wittko Francke¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.
² Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Females of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma turkestanica produce the putative polydeoxypropionates (2E,4E,6S,8S,10S)-4,6,8,10-tetramethyltrideca-2,4-diene and (2E,4E,6S,8S,10S)-4,6,8,10-tetramethyltrideca-2,4-dien-1-ol or their enantiomers as sex specific volatiles. The structures were assigned on the basis of GC-MS investigations using synthetic reference compounds.

Keywords: Trichogramma turkestanica; natural products; sex specific; structure elucidation; volatile deoxypropionates.