| Literature DB >> 22738258 |
Liansuo Zu1, Meimei Xu, Michael W Lodewyk, David E Cane, Reuben J Peters, Dean J Tantillo.
Abstract
Mechanistic proposals for the carbocation cascade reaction leading to the tricyclic sesquiterpene pentalenene are assessed in light of the results of isotopically sensitive branching experiments with the H309A mutant of pentalenene synthase. These experimental results support a mechanism for pentalenene formation involving a 7-protoilludyl cation whose intermediacy was first predicted using quantum-chemical calculations.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22738258 PMCID: PMC3402234 DOI: 10.1021/ja3043245
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419