Title: Looplure
CAS Registry Number: 14959-86-5
CAS Name: (
Z)-7-Dodecen-1-ol acetate
Synonyms: cis-7-dodecenyl acetate;
cis-1-acetoxy-7-dodecene
Manufacturers' Codes: ENT-33266
Molecular Formula: C14H26O2
Molecular Weight: 226.36
Percent Composition: C 74.28%, H 11.58%, O 14.14%
Literature References: Sex pheromone of the female cabbage looper moth,
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner). Isoln, identification and synthesis: R. S. Berger,
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59, 767 (1966). Synthesis and activity of isomers: N. Green
et al., J. Med. Chem. 10, 533 (1967); H. H. Toba
et al., J. Econ. Entomol. 63, 1048 (1970). Alternate syntheses: W. Seidel
et al., Ber. 110, 3544 (1977); H. J. Bestmann
et al., Ber. 112, 1923 (1979); M. Horiike, C. Hirano,
Agric. Biol. Chem. 44, 2229 (1980); D. Basavaiah
et al., J. Org. Chem. 47, 1792 (1982). Acute toxicity study: M. Beroza
et al., Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 31, 421 (1975).
Properties: Oil, bp0.05 98-100°.
nD25 1.4420. LD50 in rats (mg/kg): >13430 orally; in rabbits (mg/kg): >2025 dermally; LC50 (24 hr) in rainbow trout, bluegill sunfish (ppm): >100, >100 (Beroza).
Boiling point: bp0.05 98-100°
Index of refraction: nD25 1.4420
Toxicity data: LD50 in rats (mg/kg): >13430 orally; in rabbits (mg/kg): >2025 dermally; LC50 (24 hr) in rainbow trout, bluegill sunfish (ppm): >100, >100 (Beroza)
Use: Insect attractant.