Issue 20, 2010
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Quantum chemical dissection of the classic terpinyl/pinyl/bornyl/camphyl cation conundrum—the role of pyrophosphate in manipulating pathways to monoterpenes†‡

Young J. Honga  and  Dean J. Tantillo*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA
E-mail: tantillo@chem.ucdavis.edu

Abstract

Based on quantum chemical studies, mechanisms to form bornyl diphosphate from geranyl diphosphate are suggested. While bornyl diphosphate is usually proposed to be generated via combination of the pyrophosphate group with a secondary bornyl cation, quantum chemical computations indicate that the bornyl cation is actually not a minimum. Instead, concerted attack of the pyrophosphate group coupled with an alkyl shift could yield bornyl diphosphate from either the pinyl cation or the camphyl cation. Hints of bifurcating pathways on the energy surfaces for such reactions were also uncovered. Of particular note is the development and validation of a large model of the pyrophosphate counterion treated entirely with quantum chemistry.

Graphical abstract: Quantum chemical dissection of the classic terpinyl/pinyl/bornyl/camphyl cation conundrum—the role of pyrophosphate in manipulating pathways to monoterpenes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0OB00167H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 May 2010
Accepted
13 Jul 2010
First published
19 Aug 2010

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010,8, 4589-4600

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Quantum chemical dissection of the classic terpinyl/pinyl/bornyl/camphyl cation conundrum—the role of pyrophosphate in manipulating pathways to monoterpenes

Y. J. Hong and D. J. Tantillo, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 4589 DOI: 10.1039/C0OB00167H

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