Issue 0, 1967

Alkaloid biosynthesis. Part X. Terminal Steps in the Biosynthesis of the Morphine Alkaloids

Abstract

[2-3H]Morphine has been prepared and the stability of its label under a variety of conditions has been studied. The morphine has been converted into [2-3H]codeine and [2-3H]codeinone and the former has been used with [6-3H]codeine in double-labelling experiments with poppy plants. The results show that codeinone can serve as a precursor of codeine and morphine and that the step involving reduction of the carbonyl group is not significantly reversed. Other experiments with [3H]shikimic acid are described.

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J. Chem. Soc. C, 1967, 1785-1788

Alkaloid biosynthesis. Part X. Terminal Steps in the Biosynthesis of the Morphine Alkaloids

A. R. Battersby, J. A. Martin and E. Brochmann-Hanssen, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1967, 1785 DOI: 10.1039/J39670001785

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