Science. 1969 Sep 19;165(3899):1266-9. doi: 10.1126/science.165.3899.1266.
The ant Iridomyrmex pruinosus utilizes 2-heptanone as an alarm pheromone. The activities of 49 ketones and 35 nonketones as alarm pheromones for this species were determined. The molecular shapes of these compounds were assessed by submitting silhouette photographs of their molecular models to a pattern recognition machine. A highly significant correlation exists between molecular shape and alarm activity.
粉红斑马金花蚁利用 2-庚酮作为报警信息素。测定了 49 种酮类和 35 种非酮类化合物作为该种蚂蚁报警信息素的活性。通过将这些化合物的分子模型的轮廓照片提交给模式识别机,评估了这些化合物的分子形状。分子形状与报警活性之间存在高度显著的相关性。