Insect Juvenile Hormone Analogues. Part-XX : Synthesis and Juvenile Hormone Activity of Geranyl and Citronellyl Aromatic Ethers and Their Derivatives

Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160 014

Manuscript received 18 July 1983, revised 16 December 1983, accepted 9 March 1984

Geranyl and citronellyl bromides are condensed with different substituted phenols (2-isopropylphenol, 4-isopropylphenol, 5-isopropyl-2-methylphenol and 6-isopropyl-3-methylphenol) in the presence of a base to give their respective ethers. These ethers have been modified at the terminal double bond to give various derivatives. All these compounds have been tested for their juvenile hormone (JH) activity against \(\mathcal{Dysdercus koenigii fabricus}\)