Action of the atomic and electronic structure of pheromone molecules on the effectiveness of communication in xylophagous insects

Resumo

The B3LYР/6-31(p,d) density functional method is applied to pheromones of the forest xylophagous insects Ips typographus L., Monochamus urussovi Fisch., and Monochamus galloprovincialis Oliv. to calculate the absorption spectra and find excited states. The calculated results are used to assess the possible activity of the molecules when they are affected by solar radiation.