Biosynthesis via carbocations: Theoretical studies on terpene formation - Natural Product Reports
(RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C1NP00006C Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF …

In this tutorial review, structures encountered in carbocation cascade polycyclization
reactions leading to terpene natural products are surveyed. The nature of delocalization in …

The fungus Botrytis cinerea is the causal agent of the economically important gray mold
disease that affects more than 200 ornamental and agriculturally important plant species. B …

Terpenes constitute one of the most structurally varied classes of natural products. A wide
range of these structures are produced in nature by type I terpene cyclase enzymes from …

Terpenes comprise a class of natural products that includes molecules with thousands of
distinct structurally and stereochemically complex molecular architectures. The core …

Quantum chemical calculations on cyclization mechanisms for several sesquiterpene
families proposed to be closely related to each other in a biogenic sense (the bisabolene …

The simplest form of terpenoid chemistry is found for the monoterpenes, which give plants
fragrance, flavor, and medicinal properties. Monoterpene synthases employ geranyl …

Presilphiperfolan-8β-ol synthase, encoded by the BcBOT2 gene from the necrotrophic plant
pathogen Botrytis cinerea, catalyzes the multistep cyclization of farnesyl diphosphate (2) to …

Biosynthetic production of cyclobutanes leads to many complex natural products. Recently,
theoretical work employing quantum chemical calculations has shed light on many of the …

The sesquiterpene cyclases pentalenene synthase (PenA) and two Δ6-protoilludene
synthases Omp6 and Omp7 convert a FPP ether into several new tetrahydrofurano …