A 2H n.m.r. study of the rearrangement step in aphidicolin biosynthesis
Abstract
The observation of a 2H–13C coupling in the 2H n.m.r. spectrum of aphidicolin biosynthesized from [4-2H2,3-13C]mevalonic acid, has established the migration of a 9β-hydrogen atom to C-8 during the biosynthesis.