Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2003, 68, 202-210
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20030202

On the Concerted Ring Opening of Protonated Squalene Oxide and A-Ring Formation in the Biosynthesis of Lanosterol

B. Andes Hess, Jr.

Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, U.S.A.

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