Volatile Constituents of the Red Wood Ant Formica rufa L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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From workers of the red wood ant Formica rufa L. 68 compounds could be identified by com bined gas chrom atography-m ass spectrometry. Abdom ina contain a row of bishom ologue saturated and unsaturated uneven numbered hydrocarbons with undecane as the major product. In addition, 13 formic acid esters could be identified among which hexadecyl formate is present in particularly large amounts. Main components of the head extracts are methyl 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanoate, 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol and tricosane.
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