
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cavill, GWK 
A1  - Ford, DL 
A1  - Locksley, HD 
T1  - The chemistry of ants. I. Terpenoid constituents of some Australian <I>Iridomyrmex</I> species
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1956
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 288
EP  - 293
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9560288 
N2  - Terpenoid constituents have been isolated from the following Iridomyrmex ants. The known methylheptenone (11) and iridodial, a novel dialdehyde (C10H16O2), have been extracted from Iridomyrmex detectus (F.Sm.) and from I. conifer ((Forel). I. nitidus (Mayr.) has yielded iridolactone (C10H16O2). Iridodial is converted into iridolactone by the action of alkali. The isolation of iridomyrmecin (a lactone, C10H16O2) from I. humilis (Mayr.) confirms the original observation of Pavan (1949). 
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