In higher plants, the two homoterpenes 4,8‐dimethyinona‐1,3,7‐triene ( 1 ) and 4,8,12‐trimethyltrideca‐1,3,7,11‐tetraene ( 2 ) are synthesized from the regular terpene alcohols nerolidol and geranyllinalool by fragmentation into the homoterpene and butenone. The biosynthetic pathway is evidenced by conversion of ( 2 H)nerolidol in Hoya purpureo‐fusca, Magnolia liliiflora nigra, Robinia pseudoacacia , and Philadelphus coronarius .
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