Recent excursions to the borderlands between the realms of concerted and stepwise: Carbocation cascades in natural products biosynthesis

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 561-570

  Tantillo, Dean J ^a   Tantillo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbocation; Concerted; Synchronicity; Terpene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; RAW MATERIALS;

CARBOCATION; CASCADES (CO); CHEMICAL EVENTS; NATURAL PRODUCTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 46949089268     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.1320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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