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Investigations of the Biosynthesis of Indole Alkaloids. Feeding Experiments with Synthetic Radioactively Labelled Monoterpene Aldehydes
Battersby, Alan R.,Thompson, Mervyn,Gluesenkamp, Karl-Heinz,Tietze, Lutz-F.
, p. 3430 - 3438 (2007/10/02)
Oxidation of citral (8a/8b) with selenium oxide using different reaction conditions gave the hydroxy aldehydes 4a/4b and the dialdehydes 5a/b.Reduction of 5a/b with potassium borohydride in the presence of LiCl led to the hydroxy aldehyes 4c/d.Feeding experiments with the corresponding tritiated compounds 4a - d and 5a/b to Catharanthus roseus G.Don indicate that 4a/b, 4c/d, and 5a/b are biogenetic precursors of secologanin (3) and the indole alkaloids of the Corynanthe, Aspidosperma, and Iboga type.
