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Abstract
Concerted A-C ring formation: A concerted, but highly asynchronous, pathway was identified for the formation of rings A-C in the biosynthetic conversion of squalene oxide to the prosterol cation, with ring B being formed in the required boat conformation.Entities:
Keywords: carbocations; density functional calculations; reaction mechanisms; squalene; terpenoids
Year: 2013 PMID: 24038770 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302886
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336