Stereochemistry of isoflavone reduction during pterocarpan biosynthesis: an investigation using deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 10,p. 338-339
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39770000338
Abstract
2 H N.m.r. spectroscopy has been employed to establish that in fenugreek seedlings, (6aR, 11aR)-demethylhomopterocarpin is synthesised from 2′,7-dihydroxy-4′-methoxyisoflavone via an overall trans addition of hydrogen to the double bond.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Biosynthesis of pterocarpan phytoalexins in Trifolium pratensePhytochemistry, 1977