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blattellaquinone
Sign in to saveBlattellaquinone, also known as gentisyl quinone isovalerate, is a sex pheromone of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Blattellaquinone is secreted by females to attract male cockroaches.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H14O4
- Molecular weight
- 222.24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl)methyl 3-methylbutanoate
- SMILES
- CC(C)CC(=O)OCC1=CC(=O)C=CC1=O
- InChIKey
- JVMUMZYOAWLJQW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1
- Polar surface area
- 60.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 222.089209
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- chemical formula
- C₁₂H₁₄O₄
- isomeric SMILES
- O=C\1/C=C\C(=O)/C=C1\COC(=O)CC(C)C
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CC(=O)OCC1=CC(=O)C=CC1=O
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Encyclopedic overview
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Blattellaquinone, also known as gentisyl quinone isovalerate, is a sex pheromone of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Blattellaquinone is secreted by females to attract male cockroaches.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “blattellaquinone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.