Basidiomycete sesquiterpenes: the silica gel induced degradation of velutinal derivatives

…, J Kihlberg, J Oluwadiya, B Wickberg…

Index: Sterner, Olov; Bergman, Rolf; Kihlberg, Jan; Oluwadiya, James; Wickberg, Boerje; et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 7 p. 950 - 953

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Abstract

Derivatives of the pentacyclic sesquiterpene velutinal, occurring as fatty acid esters in Lactarius species and in other Basidiomycetes, form a number of previously isolated furanoid sesquiterpenes when degraded by silica gel. On the basis of the structure of isolated intermediates and products, a mechanism for the degradation is proposed.