hide
Free keywords:
Desmarestia-aculeata; cutleria-multifida; sexual pheromones;
biosynthesis; hydrocarbons; receptor
Abstract:
The biosyntheses of the 6-substituted cyclohepta-1,4-dienes dictyotene (1), ectocarpene (2), desmarestene (3), vinylcycloheptadiene (4) and lamoxirene (5) involve a spontaneous Cope rearrangement of thermolabile bis- alkenylcyclopropane precursors like