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Studies on the mechanism of sesquiterpene biosynthesis humulene-germacrene rearrangement

✍ Scribed by Akira Itoh; Hitosi Nozaki; Hisashi Yamamoto

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1978
Tongue
French
Weight
243 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis

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 there still remains a remarkable lack of knowledge concerning the precise identity of the cyclizing precursors and the intimate nature of their transformations.

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