The biosynthesis of phenanthrenoid phytoalexins. Incorporation of hexadeuteriophenylalanine into orchinol established by 2H n.m.r. spectroscopy
Abstract
Deuterium n.m.r. studies have shown that α,β,β,3,4,5-hexadeuteriophenylalanine is incorporated into the dihydrophenanthrenoid phytoalexin orchinol with loss of aliphatic deuterium and an unexpected, and as yet unclarified, migration of aromatic deuterium.