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Condensed Tannins: Quinone Methide Intermediates in Procyanidin Synthesis
Hemingway, Richard W.,Foo, L. Yeap
, p. 1035 - 1036 (1983)
Comparisons of acid- and base-catalysed reactions of epicatechin-(4β)-phenyl sulphide and leucocyanidin show that condensations proceed more rapidly at alkaline than at acidic pH so the biosynthesis of condensed tannins may occur through a quinone methide rather than a carbocation intermediate.
