Biosynthesis of ω-cyclohexyl fatty acids in Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius: the stereochemistry of the initial 1,4-conjugate elimination
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 2,p. 153-154
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a607122h
Abstract
The 1,4-conjugate elimination of H 2 O from shikimic acid 3, the initial step in the biosynthesis of ω-cyclohexyl fatty acids by the bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius, has been shown to occur with an overall anti stereochemistry via loss of the pro-6R hydrogen of 3.Keywords
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