Role of carbocation's flexibility in sesquiterpene biosynthesis: Computational study of the formation mechanism of terrecyclene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1572-1577

  Barquera Lozada, José E ^a   Cuevas, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOCATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; INTRINSIC REACTION COORDINATE; ISOTOPIC LABELING; SESQUITERPENES; TRANSITION STATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ACID; ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBON; CATION; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; SESQUITERPENE; TERRECYCLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SESQUITERPENES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953865773     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo101869z     Document Type: Article

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