Adamson, GeorgeMander, Lewis2015-12-132015-12-130004-9425http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88398The base-catalyzed rearrangement of an α-hydroxy aldehyde derived from the gibberellin GA15 results in ring-expansion of the five-membered B-ring of the gibberellin molecule and transformation into an ent-kaurene derivative. Further manipulation affordsKeywords: Aldehydes; Catalysis; Derivatives; Isomerization; Molecular dynamics; Molecular structure; Synthesis (chemical); B-ring seco-kaurenoid; Epimerization; Gibberellic acid; Kaurene derivatives; Rabdosia; Organic acids200310.1071/CH030482015-12-12