Predicting Rearrangement-Competent Terpenoid Oxidation Levels.
Christina H McCulleyDean Joseph TantilloPublished in: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020)
Results of density functional theory calculations on rearrangements of potential biosynthetic precursors to the sesquiterpenoid illisimonin A reveal that only some possible precursors, those with certain specific oxidation patterns, are rearrangement-competent.