A biomimetic synthesis of lucidene.
Lucidene has been shown to be derived from alpha-humulene and o-benzoquinone methide generated under thermal conditions.
Adlington
R M
RM
The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, U.K.
Baldwin
J E
JE
Pritchard
G J
GJ
Williams
A J
AJ
Watkin
D J
DJ
D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D000081222:Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D016227:Benzoquinones; D000081222:Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C410427:lucidene; C042686:humulene