Title:  Juvenile Hormones 
Additional Names:  JH 
Literature References:  Family of hormones, secreted by the corpora allata, controlling the larval metamorphosis of insects; so named since they induce the retention of insects¢ juvenile characteristics and prevent maturation.  Isoln from the abdomen of the male wild silk moth, Hyalophora cecropia L.:  C. M. Williams, Nature 178, 212 (1956); H. Röller, J. S. Bjerke, Life Sci. 4, 1617 (1965).  Structure elucidation of JH I:  H. Röller et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6, 179 (1967).  Racemic synthesis of JH I:  K. H. Dahm et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 89, 5292 (1967).  Toxicity of racemic JH I:  J. B. Siddall, M. Slade, Nature New Biol. 229, 158 (1971).  Abs config of JH I:  K. Nakanishi et al., Chem. Commun. 1971, 1235; A. S. Meyer et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 68, 2312 (1971).  Stereoselective syntheses of JH I:  E. J. Corey et al., ibid. 90, 5618 (1968); W. S. Johnson et al., ibid. 6225.  Enantioselective syntheses of JH I:  P. Loew, W. S. Johnson, ibid. 93, 3765 (1971); D. J. Faulkner, M. R. Petersen, ibid. 3766.  Isoln, structure, and abs config of JH II and III:  K. J. Judy et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 70, 1509 (1973).  Isoln and structure of JH 0:  B. J. Bergot et al., Science 210, 336 (1980); and iso-JH 0 (MeJH I):  idem et al. in Juvenile Hormone Biochemistry, G. E. Pratt, G. T. Brooks, Eds. (Elsevier-North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, 1981) pp 33-45.  Biosynthesis, isoln, and structure elucidation of JH III bisepoxide (JHB3):  D. S. Richard et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 1421 (1989).  Abs config of JHB3:  A. J. Herlt et al., Chem. Commun. 1993, 1497.  Enantioselective synthesis of JH III:  K. Mori, H. Mori, Tetrahedron 43, 4097 (1987); of JH I and II:  K. Mori, M. Fujiwhara, ibid. 44, 343 (1988); of JHB3:  R. W. Rickards, R. D. Thomas, Tetrahedron Lett. 34, 8369 (1993).  Study of regulatory role: M. Cusson et al., Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 25, 329 (1994).  Book:  The Juvenile Hormones, L. I. Gilbert, Ed. (Plenum Press, New York, 1976) 572 pp.  Review of biosynthesis:  D. A. Schooley, F. C. Baker in Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology vol. 8, G. A. Kerkut, L. I. Gilbert, Eds. (Pergamon Press, New York, 1985) pp 363-389.  Review of techniques for identification and quantification:  F. C. Baker in Morphogenetic Hormones of Arthropods Part 1, A. P. Gupta, Ed. (Rutgers Univ. Press, New Brunswick, 1990) pp 389-453.  Review of discovery and identification of JHB3:  C.-M. Yin, Zool. Stud. 33, 237-245 (1994).  Review of molecular mechanisms of action:  G. Jones, Annu. Rev. Entomol. 40, 147-169 (1995). 
  
Derivative Type:  Juvenile hormone I  
CAS Registry Number:  13804-51-8 
CAS Name:  [2R-[2a(2E,6E),3a]]-7-Ethyl-9-(3-ethyl-3-methyloxiranyl)-3-methyl-2,6-nonadienoic acid methyl ester 
Additional Names:  methyl (2E,6E,10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-7-ethyl-3,11-dimethyl-2,6-tridecadienoate;  C-18 JH 
Molecular Formula:  C18H30O3 
Molecular Weight:  294.43 
Percent Composition:  C 73.43%, H 10.27%, O 16.30% 
Properties:  nD24 1.4732.  [a]D23 +14.9° (c = 0.935 in chloroform).  [a]D22.5 +14.5° (c = 0.78 in methanol). 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D23 +14.9° (c = 0.935 in chloroform); [a]D22.5 +14.5° (c = 0.78 in methanol) 
Index of refraction:  nD24 1.4732 
  
Derivative Type:  Juvenile hormone II  
CAS Registry Number:  34218-61-6 
CAS Name:  [2R-[2a(2E,6E),3a]]-9-(3-Ethyl-3-methyloxiranyl)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-nonadienoic acid methyl ester 
Additional Names:  methyl (2E,6E,10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-2,6-tridecadienoate;  C-17 JH 
Molecular Formula:  C17H28O3 
Molecular Weight:  280.40 
Percent Composition:  C 72.82%, H 10.07%, O 17.12% 
Properties:  nD23.5 1.4774.  [a]D24.5 +17.6° (c = 0.590 in methanol). 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D24.5 +17.6° (c = 0.590 in methanol) 
Index of refraction:  nD23.5 1.4774 
  
Derivative Type:  Juvenile hormone III  
CAS Registry Number:  22963-93-5 
CAS Name:  [R-(E,E)]-9-(3,3-Dimethyloxiranyl)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-nonadienoic acid methyl ester 
Additional Names:  methyl (2E,6E,10R)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-2,6-dodecadienoate;  C-16 JH 
Molecular Formula:  C16H26O3 
Molecular Weight:  266.38 
Percent Composition:  C 72.14%, H 9.84%, O 18.02% 
Properties:  Colorless oil.  nD24 1.4736.  [a]D24 +6.71° (c = 0.57 in methanol). 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D24 +6.71° (c = 0.57 in methanol) 
Index of refraction:  nD24 1.4736 
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