Studies on the removal of C-19 in oesterogen biosynthesis using 18O2

1 January 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 21,p. 854-856
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39760000854

Abstract

Incorporation of ¹⁸O into formic acid formed in the C-19 eliminations, under ¹⁸O₂ gas, in oestrogen biosynthesis suggests the participation of a novel mechanism.

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