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Biosynthesis of Homoterpenes in Higher Plants
Boland, Wilhelm,Gaebler, Andreas
, p. 247 - 253 (1989)
In higher plants, the two homoterpenes 4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene (1) and 4,8,12-trimethyldeca-1,3,7,11-tetraene (2) are synthesized from the regular terpene alcohols nerolidol and geranyllinalool by fragmentation into the homoterpene and butenone.The biosynthetic pathway is evidenced by conversion of (2H)nerolidol in Hoya purpureo-fusca, Magnolia liliiflora nigra, Robina pseudoacacia, and Philadelphus coronarius.