Synthesis of some new derivatives of tick pheromones and investigation of pheromone properties

Abstract

In this study, the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) ticks of the species in Turkey pheromones of some derivatives were synthesized and their pheromone properties were investigated. In the first phase of the study, aniline derivatives of the pheromones to be used in the synthesis were obtained. By using hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid with sodium nitrite, diazonium salts were produced from these aniline derivatives. The novel pheromone derivatives were synthesized by reacting to a series of diazonium salts with pyrrolidine, morpholine and piperidine bases separately. Structures of the synthesized compounds were determined by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR) and Mass Spectrometry (MS). Whether the synthesized compounds show pheromone feature has experimented on the live ticks under the supervision of an expert.