Nepetalactol

Nepetalactol is an iridoid. It is produced from 8-oxogeranial by the enzyme iridoid synthase.[1] Nepetalactol is a substrate for the enzyme iridoid oxidase (IO) which produces 7-deoxyloganetic acid.

Nepetalactol
Names
IUPAC name
(4aS,7S,7aR)-4,7-Dimethyl-1,4a,5,6,7,7a-hexahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-1-ol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
3DMet
ChEBI
ChemSpider
KEGG
Properties
C10H16O2
Molar mass 168.236 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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References

  1. Geu-Flores, Fernando; Sherden, Nathaniel H.; Courdavault, Vincent; Burlat, Vincent; Glenn, Weslee S.; Wu, Cen; Nims, Ezekiel; Cui, Yuehua; o’Connor, Sarah E. (2012). "An alternative route to cyclic terpenes by reductive cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis". Nature. 492 (7427): 138–42. Bibcode:2012Natur.492..138G. doi:10.1038/nature11692. PMID 23172143.
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