9(Z)-Pentacosene – 1 mg

Brand:
Cayman
CAS:
51865-00-0
Storage:
-20
UN-No:
Non-Hazardous - 1208 / 3

9(Z)-Pentacosene is a cuticular hydrocarbon and insect sex hormone.{42524,42525,42526} It is found in the cuticle of female F. canicularis flies and is an attractant to males in a trap assay.{42524} 9(Z)-Pentacosene is a contact sex hormone in scarab beetles and locust borers that is more abundant in females than males.{42525,42526} It elicits arrestment, alignment, and mounting by males of both species in mating assays but only elicits copulation by the locust borer. 9(Z)-Pentacosene is also produced by the orchid O. exaltata and by C. cunicularius, a pollinator of O. exaltata.{42527}  

 

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Description

A cuticular hydrocarbon and insect sex hormone; found in the cuticle of female F. canicularis flies and is an attractant to males in a trap assay; a contact sex hormone in scarab beetles and locust borers that is more abundant in females than males; elicits arrestment, alignment, and mounting by males of both species in mating assays, but only elicits copulation by the locust borer; produced by the orchid O. exaltata and by C. cunicularius, a pollinator of O. exaltata


Formal name: 9Z-pentacosene

Synonyms:  Z9:C25

Molecular weight: 350.7

CAS: 51865-00-0

Purity: ≥95%

Formulation: A solution in hexane