Bombykol

Bombykol
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name (10E,12Z)-Hexadeca-10,12-dien-1-ol
Identifiers
CAS Number	765-17-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image; Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:41200 ;
ChemSpider	392860 ;
PubChem CID	445128;
UNII	LZT8R8TVZ7 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID00894769 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C16H30O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h4-7,17H,2-3,8-16H2,1H3/b5-4-,7-6+ Key: CIVIWCVVOFNUST-SCFJQAPRSA-N ; InChI=1/C16H30O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h4-7,17H,2-3,8-16H2,1H3/b5-4-,7-6+ Key: CIVIWCVVOFNUST-SCFJQAPRBG;
	SMILES CCC/C=C\C=C\CCCCCCCCCO; OCCCCCCCCC\C=C\C=C/CCC;
Properties
Chemical formula	C16H30O
Molar mass	238.415 g·mol−1
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Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. It is also the sex pheromone in the wild silk moth (Bombyx mandarina). Discovered by Adolf Butenandt in 1959, it was the first pheromone to be characterized chemically.

Minute quantities of this pheromone can be used per acre of land to confuse male insects about the location of their female partners. It can thus serve as a lure in traps to remove insects effectively without spraying crops with large amounts of pesticides. Butenandt named the substance after the moth's Latin name Bombyx mori.

In vivo it appears that bombykol is the natural ligand for a pheromone binding protein, BmorPBP, which escorts the pheromone to the pheromone receptor.