X-Ray crystal structure and absolute configuration of the fungal phenalenone herqueinone

1980; Royal Society of Chemistry; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c39800001051

ISSN

2050-5639

Autores

Andrew Quick, Robert Thomas, David Williams,

Tópico(s)

Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology

Resumo

The relative and absolute configurations of the two chiral centres of herqueinone (3) have been determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis; a biosynthetic mechanism is proposed for the formation of the centre at C(2′) the stereospecificity of which is predetermined by the configuration of an intermediate containing an inverted isoprene unit at a transitory C(5) chiral centre.

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