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Pericyclic Reactions in Biological Systems—Does Nature Know About the Diels—Alder Reaction?
Author(s) -
Laschat Sabine
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199602891
Subject(s) - pericyclic reaction , diels–alder reaction , chemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Not only synthetic chemists, but also nature makes use of the spontaneous Diels‐Alder reaction. Now there is also increasing evidence for a Diels–Alder‐ase, for example in the biosynthesis of solanapyrones. The search for an enzyme‐catalyzed [4 + 2]cycloaddition in nature will therefore certainly continue.