Stereochemistry of the methyl→methylene elimination in the enzyme-catalysed cyclization of geranyl diphosphate to (4S)-limonene
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 21,p. 2079-2080
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a704370h
Abstract
The cyclization of (R)-[9-2H1,3H1]geranyl diphosphate catalysed by a recombinant form of (4S)-limonene synthase from spearmint leaf (Mentha spicata) is terminated predominantly by re-facial, anti proton elimination at the cis methyl group, producing (4S, 8E)-[8-2H1,3H1]limonene.Keywords
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