Tetrahedron letters

Biosynthesis of (+)-epicubenol

DE Cane, M Tandon

Index: Cane, David E.; Tandon, Manish Tetrahedron Letters, 1994 , vol. 35, # 30 p. 5355 - 5358

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Abstract

Abstract Incubation of [6-2 H] FPP (14a) with epicubenol synthase isolated from Streptomyces sp. LL-B7 gave epicubenol (1c) labeled at D-9 as established by 2 H NMR. These results confirm the involvement of a predicted 1, 2-hydride shift in the mechanism of formation of 1.