title: Assignment of absolute configurations of highly flexible linear diterpenes from the brown alga Bifurcaria bifurcata by VCD spectroscopy.
abstract: Correct assignment of the stereogenic centers of highly flexible linear diterpenes (LDs) is challenging. Herein we report the first application of VCD spectroscopy for the absolute configuration determination of LDs of algal origin and provide experimental and computational procedures, such as a fragmentation approach, which will facilitate the use of VCD spectroscopy for configuration assignments of LDs.
authors.affiliation: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Organische Chemie 2, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany. christian.merten@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merten
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Vangelis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotopoulos
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland and Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Am Kiel-Kanal 44, 24106 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tasdemir
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes