Contrary to earlier reports, the oxygen inserted enzymically between carbons 9- and 10- of the C-18 chain in forming colneleic acid originates from 18O2 gas via the 9-hydroperoxide group of linoleic acid; a mechanism is proposed.
L. Crombie, D. O. Morgan and E. H. Smith, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 502 DOI: 10.1039/C39870000502
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