Using essential oils from Citrus paradisi as a fumigant for Solenopsis invicta workers and evaluating the oils effect on worker behavior was written by Zhang, Ning;Liao, Yihong;Xie, Lianjie;Zhang, Zhixiang;Hu, Wei. And the article was included in Environmental Science and Pollution Research in 2021.Synthetic Route of C10H20O2 The following contents are mentioned in the article:
The red imported fire ant is one of the worlds most devastating invasive species, adversely affecting humans, wildlife, crops, and livestock. To control infestations, chem. pesticides are deployed extensively around the world. However, their extensive use has led to neg. effects on the environment and human health. Essential oils, which are safe and ecofriendly, can potentially be used as alternatives to chem. pesticides. In this study, grapefruit essential oils were used as fumigant agents to control red imported fire ants. The crude grapefruit oil (GO1) contained 28 compounds, and the concentrated grapefruit oil (GO2), which was refined from GO1 by vacuum distillation, contained 20 compounds D-Limonene was the dominant constituent in both GO1 (70.1%) and GO2 (73.96%), and other important constituents included 尾-pinene, 伪-pinene, 尾-phellandrene, octanal, d-carvone, 伪-terpineol, and linalool. Both the essential oils and their individual constituents (伪-pinene, 伪-terpineol, 尾-phellandrene, octanal, and d-carvone) showed strong lethal fumigant effects against workers. Workers were more susceptible to GO2 than GO1, and octanal was more toxic to workers as compared with the other four constituents. When antennas of workers were treated with the two oils or the five constituents, their walking and gripping abilities were significantly suppressed, and there was an obvious bending or breaking phenomenon on the sensilla of the antennas. Fumigant activity by grapefruit essential oils and their main compounds were associated with their effects on the walking and gripping behavior of workers, and this confirmed that grapefruit essential oil is a promising, ecofriendly, and safe fumigant for the control of red imported fire ants. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as Octyl acetate (cas: 112-14-1Synthetic Route of C10H20O2).
Octyl acetate (cas: 112-14-1) belongs to esters. Esters are widespread in nature and are widely used in industry. In nature, fats are in general triesters derived from glycerol and fatty acids. Esters are responsible for the aroma of many fruits, including apples, durians, pears, bananas, pineapples, and strawberries. Liquid esters of low volatility serve as softening agents for resins and plastics. Esters also include many industrially important polymers. Polymethyl methacrylate is a glass substitute sold under the names Lucite and Plexiglas; polyethylene terephthalate is used as a film (Mylar) and as textile fibres sold as Terylene, Fortrel, and Dacron.Synthetic Route of C10H20O2
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