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Synthesis of (±)-Methyl Tuberonate, a Potato Tuber-forming Substance, and Its Epimer
H Kiyota1, D Nakashima1, T Oritani1
1a Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|July 5, 2016
Abstract:
Methyl esters of (±)-tuberonic acid and (±)-12-hydroxyjasmonic acid (trans-tuberonic acid), the aglycons of strong potato tuber-forming substances, were synthesized from norbornene via side-chain elongation and Baeyer-Villiger oxidation as key steps.