Synthesis and biological activity of stereochemically locked derivatives of jasmonic acid
Abstract
Racemic 7-methyljasmonic acid 6 and 7-methyl-7-epi-jasmonic acid 7 have been synthesised. Bioassay of these derivatives for induction of tendril coiling in Bryonia dioica demonstrated that the observed biological activity of jasmonic acid is due to the minor 7-epi-isomer.