Issue 16, 1983

The biosynthesis of echinulin: origins of the diastereotopic methyls in the 1,1-dimethylallyl group

Abstract

In the biosynthesis of echinulin (1) the pro-S methyl of the 1,1-dimethylallyl group is derived predominantly (89%) from the methyl group of mevalonic acid.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 879-880

The biosynthesis of echinulin: origins of the diastereotopic methyls in the 1,1-dimethylallyl group

D. M. Harrison and P. Quinn, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 879 DOI: 10.1039/C39830000879

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