Theoretical calculations on carbocations involved in the biosynthesis of bergamotenes and related terpenes—the same and not the same??§

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2011-10-07 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14414F

Abstract

Subtle differences between carbocation rearrangements leading to the pinene/camphene, ylangene/sativene and bergamotene/santalene terpenes are revealed.

Graphical abstract: Theoretical calculations on carbocations involved in the biosynthesis of bergamotenes and related terpenes—the same and not the same
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