From an acarid mite, Lardoglyphus konoi (Sasa et Asanuma) (Acarina: Acaridae), with its culture medium,an aggregation pheromonewas isolated. The structure of the pheromonewas determined as 1,3,5,7-tetramethyldecyl formate and identified by 1 1 steps of organic synthesis. The absolute configuration of Q was assigned as R. The compound has been assigned the trivial name lardolure. The synthesized diastereomeric mixture of racemates showed one-tenth of the activity of the natural pheromone against the test mite, Carpoglyphus lactis.
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