Biosynthesis of verruculogen, a tremorgenic metabolite of Penicillium verruculosum: stereochemical course of peroxide ring formation
Abstract
The stereochemical course of the formation of the eight-membered peroxide ring in verruculogen, a tremorgenic metabolite of Penicillium verruculosum, was established by incorporation of 13C-, 2H-, and 18O-labelled precursors.