The role of germacrene D as a precursor in sesquiterpene biosynthesis: Investigations of acid catalyzed, photochemically and thermally induced rearrangements

Phytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-168

  Bülow, Nils ^a   König, Wilfried A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbocations; Germacrene D; Isogermacrene D; Photochemistry; Rearrangement; Sesquiterpenes; Solidago spec.; Thermochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID; AXANE DERIVATIVE; BOURBONANE DERIVATIVE; CADINANE DERIVATIVE; EUDESMANE DERIVATIVE; GERMACRENE D; ISODAUCANE DERIVATIVE; OPPOSITANE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HEAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SESQUITERPENES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

SOLIDAGO;

EID: 0034641642     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00266-1     Document Type: Article

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