Uses
The pheromone mixture used may contain either the (Z)- or the
(E)-isomer or both, and may also be blended with other pheromones. The
pheromone is used in mating disruption programmes for control of tea
tortrix (Homona mugnunima), smaller tea tortrix (Aduxuphyes spp.) and leaf
rollers such as Aduxuphyes uranu and Plufynata siultana.
Definition
ChEBI: 11E-Tetradecenyl acetate is a carboxylic ester.
Metabolic pathway
There is little published information available but generally compounds
of this class are rapidly degraded biologically and their behaviour is similar
to that of typical long chain alkenoic acids.
Degradation
Being a methyl ester, the compound is readily hydrolysed to the alcohol
(2) in alkaline solution.
