BIOTRANSFORMATION OF MONOTERPENES BY TOBACCO TISSUE CULTURES. SELECTIVE HYDROXYLATION OF TRANS-METHYL GROUP IN ISOPROPYRIDENE GROUP

Abstract
The callus cultures of Nicotiana tabacum “Bright Yellow” are capable of transforming selectively the trans-methyl group in the isopropyridene group of linalool (I) and its derivatives, (V), (VI), and (VII), into the hydroxymethyl group.