title: Concise synthesis of the plant growth regulator theobroxide.
abstract: A plant growth regulator, theobroxide, which produces potato tubers under noninduced long-day conditions, was synthesized in four steps from dihydrotoluene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. arimoto@biochem.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arimoto
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimano
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D003510:Cyclohexanes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; C496818:theobroxide