Inclusion and release of ant alarm pheromones from metal-organic frameworks

Harina Amer Hamzah, Daniel Rixson, Joseph Paul-Taylor, Huan V Doan, Christopher Dadswell, Gavin W Roffe, Arun Sridhar, Claire L Hobday, Charlie Wedd, Tina Düren, William O H Hughes, John Spencer, Andrew D Burrows

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Abstract

Zinc(ii) and zirconium(iv) metal-organic frameworks show uptake and slow release of the ant alarm pheromones 3-octanone and 4-methyl-3-heptanone. Inclusion of N-propyl groups on the MOFs allows for enhanced uptake and release over several months. In preliminary field trials, leaf cutting ants show normal behavioural responses to the released pheromones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10334-10338
Number of pages5
JournalDalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Volume49
Issue number30
Early online date21 Jul 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Aug 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank the Leverhulme Trust, the EPSRC and the Universities of Bath and Sussex for financial support and acknowledge the Material and Chemical Characterisation Facility (MC2) at University of Bath for technical support and assistance. We also thank Juliane Lopes, Julia Jones, Chris Tranter and Tatiane Sales for assistance with fieldwork.

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© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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