Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Nitropentadecene or more precisely (E)-1-nitropentadec-1-ene is a highly toxic unsaturated nitroalkene the only aliphatic nitro compound known to be synthesized by insects.[citation needed] It is produced by termite soldiers of Prorhinotermes genus (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) as a defensive chemical. Nitropentadecene is biosynthesized and stored in one of the exocrine glands a frontal gland of termite soldiers and it is released upon attack of enemy.
