Abstract

Chemical degradation of gossypol samples biosynthesized in cotton seeding roots form three differently labelled mevalonate precursors has revealed that, in contrast to previous claims, formation of this compound occurs as with other sesquiterpenes of the cadalane type via ten-membered cations correlated by a 1,3-hydride shift.

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