The mass spectrometric fragmentation mechanisms of catenulane and isocatenulane diterpenes.
Geng LiYue-Wei GuoJeroen S DickschatPublished in: Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2021)
Two new diterpene derivatives were obtained by semisynthesis from enzymatically generated catenul-14-en-6-ol. The EI-MS fragmentation mechanisms of three enzyme products and the two semisynthetic derivatives were investigated by extensive 13C-labelling experiments.