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Natural Products: Dr. Tukiran, M.Si
Natural Products: Dr. Tukiran, M.Si
Organic Chemistry 2
NATURAL
PRODUCTS
These compounds are all amines so all their names end in ‘-ine’
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Further labelling experiments along these lines showed that the CO2H group as
well as the amino group was lost from ornithine and that the rest of the
molecule makes the pyrrolidine ring. The three-carbon side-chain in hygrine
comes from acetate, or rather from acetyl CoA, and the N-methyl group comes
from SAM. We can now work through the biosynthesis. The first step is a
pyridoxal-catalysed decarboxylation of ornithine, which follows the normal
sequence up to a point
NATURAL
PRODUCTS
SQUALENE TO LANOSTEROL
CONTINOUED
NATURAL
PRODUCTS
SQUALENE TO LANOSTEROL