Cations la, E, &, and E are presumed to be the key intermediates in the enzymic cyclization of farnesyl pyrophosphate and the starting points for the intricate series of cyclization and rearrangement steps which lead to a variety of polycyclic sesquiterpenes. 1 Despite considerable speculation, 2 th
Biomimetic germacrene-humulene rearrangement
โ Scribed by Valentin Enev; Elena Tsankova
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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โฆ Synopsis
The boron trifluoride catalyzed rearrangement of 7,11-epoxygermacrone (1) provided the new diketone in high yield. This transformation represents the first biomimetic chemical conversion of a germacrane into a humulane skeleton. The cation J_ is generally considered as the biogenetic precursor of sesquiterpenoids with germacrane and humulane carbon skeleton'. Recently,
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