Biosynthesis of 6-methylsalicylic acid; the combined use of mono- and tri-duteriated acetate precursors to investigate the degree of stereocontrol in the aromatisation sequence
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 15,p. 1005-1007
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840001005
Abstract
The Results from a novel combination of incorporation experiments using mono- and tri-deuteriated acetate precursors indicate that the aromatisation sequence in 6-methylsalicylic acid biosynthesis occurs stereospecifically and therefore is under enzymic control.Keywords
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