Chris Abell, Mary J. Garson, Finian J. Leeper and James Staunton
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1982, 1011-1013
DOI:
10.1039/C39820001011,
Paper
The pattern of incorporation of deuterium from CD3CO2H into the fugal metabolites alternariol, mellein, rubrofusarin, and 6-methylsalicylic acid has been determined by 2H n.m.r. spectroscopy; the results are interpreted in terms of a proposed mode of action for polyketide synthases.