this powerful plant hormone has recently caught my attention at unitednuclear. at $5 for half a gram it seems pretty expensive, so i decided to
synthesize it. then i looked at the structure and thought again. it's pretty big and resembles no structures i could imagine being able to alter to
form it. is anyone here familiar with a gibberellic acid synthesis?leu - 11-2-2006 at 06:26
It can be isolated from the natural source Gibberella fujikuroi, see:
Chem & Ind 1066 (1954)
JCS 4670 (1954)
US 2842051
US 2950288
US 2977285
12AX7 - 11-2-2006 at 10:40
Hum, yeah looks nice and whacky. Here's a link I found.
Hey, I think I remeber reading about this stuff. Isn't it the stuff that they spray on fruits and stuff to make it ripe very fast?Darkblade48 - 11-2-2006 at 22:32
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Originally posted by lacrima97
Hey, I think I remeber reading about this stuff. Isn't it the stuff that they spray on fruits and stuff to make it ripe very fast?
I thought they used ethylene to make things ripen (tomatoes, bananas)lacrima97 - 11-2-2006 at 23:13
Yeah, but I swear I remember seeing a picture of a before and after tomatoe where the first was green and the second was red through gibberlin. Hell,
I dont doubt that ethylene is used as well though. Im sure there are many methods.
