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Compound - ceramide A [(2S,3S,4R)-(2R)-2-Hydroxy-N-(1,3,4-trihydroxypentadecan-2-yl)-21-methyldocosanamide]

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(2S,3S,4R)-(2R)-2-Hydroxy-N-(1,3,4-trihydroxypentadecan-2-yl)-21-methyldocosanamide Formula:  C38H77NO5  CAS#:    MW:  628.02  [MS]  [Behavioural function]

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Reference(s) for synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-(2R)-2-Hydroxy-N-(1,3,4-trihydroxypentadecan-2-yl)-21-methyldocosanamide [ceramide A] Asai, N., Fusetani, N., and Matsunaga, S. 2001. Sex pheromones of the hair crab Erimacrus isenbeckii. Part II: synthesis of ceramides. J. Nat. Prod. 64:1210-1215.   Dixon, D.J., Ley, S.V., Lohmann, S., and Sheppard, T.D. 2005. Synthesis of a ceramide sphingolipid as a potential sex pheromone of the hair crab Erimacrus isenbeckii using butane-2,3-diacetal desymmetrised glycolic acid building blocks. Synlett. 3:481-484.   Masuda, Y., Yoshida, M., and Mori, K. 2002. Synthesis of (2S,2'R,3S,4R)-2-(2'-hydroxy-21'-methyldocosanoylamino)-1,3,4-pentadecanetriol, the ceramide sex pheromone of the female hair crab, Erimacrus isenbeckii. Biosci. Biotechn. Biochem. 66:1531-1537.