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DOI: 10.1039/A709295D (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 1183-1184

Biocatalyst-mediated efficient functionalization of ring A in salannin, a tetranortriterpene from Azadirachta indica

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Krishnamachari Venkatakrishnan and K. Madhava Madyastha

Abstract

Salannin 1 and deacetylsalannin 2 have been quantitatively converted into 1-detigloyloxy-3-deacetylsalannin-1-en-3-one 3,† a hitherto unknown compound, in a single step using Nocardia sp. and the pathway for the transformation has been investigated.

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