Abstract
From the readily available (−)-kaurene and 6β-acetoxy-18-methoxycarbonyl-(−)-kaurene the corresponding 15-carboxy derivatives have been synthesized. In biotests on the elongation of wheat coleoptiles and the introduction of the synthesis of α-amylase in isolated wheat endosperms, these compounds do not exhibit gibberellin-like activity.
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Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishinev. Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishinev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 217–220, March–April, 1981.
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Popa, D.P., Pasechnik, G.S., Reinbol'd, A.M. et al. Synthesis of 15-carboxy-(−)-kaurenes. Chem Nat Compd 17, 173–175 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00634741
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00634741