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Compound - 9-methylgermacrene-B

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(E,E)-8-(1-Methylethylidenyl)-1,5,10-trimethyl-1,5-cyclodecadiene Formula:  C16H26  CAS#:    MW:  218.38  [MS]  [ NMR ]  [Behavioural function]  [Chemdraw]

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Reference(s) for synthesis of (E,E)-8-(1-Methylethylidenyl)-1,5,10-trimethyl-1,5-cyclodecadiene Hamilton, J.G.C., Dawson, G.W., and Pickett, J.A. 1996b. 9-methylgermacrene-B; proposed structure for novel homosesquiterpene from the sex pheromone glands of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Lapinha, Brazil. J. Chem. Ecol. 22:1477-1491.   Muto, S.-E., Nishimura, Y., and Mori, K. 1999. Pheromone Synthesis. CXCVI. Synthesis of germacrene-B and its extension to the synthesis of (±)-9-methylgermacrene-B, the racemate of the male-produced sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Lapinha, Brazil. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 9:2159-2166.