Stereochemical course of pheromone biosynthesis in the arctiid moth,Creatonotos transiens
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 40 (7) , 713-714
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01949738
Abstract
The biosynthetic conversion of a pyrrolizidine alkaloid (heliotrine,IV) to a male moth pheromone (hydroxydanaidal,III) is found to proceed with inversion of configuration at the remaining asymmetric center (C-7).Keywords
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