Isolation and structure of the fluorescent substances formed in the oxidative reaction of adrenaline and noradrenaline with ethylenediamine

✍ Scribed by J. Harley-Mason; A.H. Laird

• Book ID: 104235070
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1959
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)82740-4

✦ Synopsis

The biogenesis of the sesquiterpenes is envisioned as a displacement of the aliylic hydroxyll of farnesol by either of the isolated double bonds, giving rise to versatile 6-, IO-, or II-membered ring intermediates. The medium-ring intermediates possess unique conformations which dictate the structure as well as stereochemistry of the sesquiterpenes derived from them by a variety of simple further reactions, notably double-bond cyclizations.