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The lipids of the common house cricket,Acheta domesticus L. II. Hydrocarbons

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The hydrocarbons of the common house cricketAcheta domesticus L. consist ofn-alkanes (4%), 2-methylalkanes (20%), x-methylalkanes (59%), an unidentified series of alkanes (trace), and olefins (16–185). The major n-alkane isn-nonacosane (3.5%). The major 2-methylalkanes are 2-methyloctacosane (8%) and 2-methyltriacontane (11%). The members of the homologous x-methylalkane series consist of mixtures of methylalkanes in which the methyl side-chain is located on the 13th, 15th, and 17th carbon atom in the chain. The major x-methylalkanes are the homologues containing 31 (3%), 33 (6.5%), 35 (12.5%), 37 (27%), and 39 (2.5%) carbon atoms. The olefins are a mixture of straight-chain and 2-methyl-alkenes and alkadienes. The major olefins contain 31 (3%) and 37 (7.5%) carbon atoms.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 48104, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Roderick F. N. Hutchins (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan) & Michael M. Martin (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow)

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Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1965–1967.

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Hutchins, R.F.N., Martin, M.M. The lipids of the common house cricket,Acheta domesticus L. II. Hydrocarbons. Lipids 3, 250–255 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02531196

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