Biosynthesis of the irregular c12-terpenoid dehydrogeosmin in flower heads of rebutia-marsoneri werd (cactaceae)
- Publication date
- 1993
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Abstract
Farnesol (3a) is the precursor to the irregular C-12 terpenoid (4S,4aS,8aS)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydro-4,8a-dimethylnaphthalen-4a-ol (= dehydrogeosmin; 1). The irregular C-backbone originates from the oxidative removal of a C3 side chain from a C-15 e