The stereochemistry of hydrogen elimination during 7,8-double bond formation by Tetrahymena pyriformis
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 116 (3), 337-339
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1160337
Abstract
It is shown that formation of the 7,8-double bond in the conversion of cholesterol into cholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol involves the removal of the 7β- and 8β-hydrogen atoms.Keywords
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