Studies in terpenoid biosynthesis, Part 24. The formation of the carbon skeleton of the sesquiterpenoid, dihydrobotrydial

Abstract

The labelling and coupling patterns of dihydrobotrydial, biosynthesized from [1-¹³C]- and [1,2-¹³C₂]-acetate and [4,5-¹³C₂]mevalonate by the fungus, Botrytis cinerea, have been used to define the mode of formation of the carbon skeleton of the sesquiterpenoid from farnesyl pyrophosphate.