The structure of the sex pheromone produced by the male sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis, from the Lapinha Cave (Minas Gerais State) region of Brazil, previously proposed tentatively as the novel homosesquiterpene 9-methylgermacrene-B, is confirmed and the absolute stereochemistry defined as S by comparing physical and biological properties of the synthetic enantiomers with the natural product.
                                    来自巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州的拉皮尼亚洞地区的雄性白蛉Lutzomyia longipalpis产生的性信息素结构,之前暂定为新型同型
倍半萜9-甲基germacrene-B,现通过比较合成对映体与
天然产物的物理和
生物学特性,得到了确认,并将其绝对立体
化学定义为S型。