A hypothesis concerning the biosynthesis of the obtusallene family of marine natural products via electrophilic bromination.
[Structure: see text] A hypothesis concerning the biosynthesis of the marine natural product family the obtusallenes is proposed. Multiple electrophilic bromination events are invoked.
Braddock
D Christopher
DC
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. c.braddock@imperial.ac.uk
D001688:Biological Products / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001966:Bromine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008386:Marine Biology; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000378:metabolism*
D001688:Biological Products; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; C522877:obtusallene; D001966:Bromine