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Methyl-substituted analogs of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of the turnip moth,Agrotis segetum, have been synthesized and studied by electrophysiological single-sensillum recordings and molecular mechanics calculations [MM2(85)]. The analogs are monomethyl substituted in the 2, 3, 4, and 5 positions and geminally dimethyl substituted in the 2, 3, and 4 positions. The methyl groups have been employed as space probes to study the degree of steric complementarity between the acetate-substituted alkyl chain of the pheromone component and its receptor. The electrophysiological activities, interpreted in terms of a receptor interaction model, indicate significant steric repulsive interactions between the introduced methyl groups and the receptor. This implies a high degree of complementarity between the acetate-substituted alkyl chain of the natural pheromone component and its receptor.
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Jönsson, S., Liljefors, T. & Hansson, B.S. Introduction of methyl groups to acetate substituted chain of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of turnip moth,agrotis segetum: synthesis, single-sensillum recordings, and structure-activity relationships. J Chem Ecol 18, 637–657 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987825
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