Publications by authors named "Lucile Jouffroy"
Article Synopsis
- Strigolactones are important for plant growth and communication in the soil, with rice producing various types of these compounds from its roots.
- Researchers discovered a new type of strigolactone called 4-oxo-methyl carlactonoate (4-oxo-MeCLA) in rice root exudate and pinpointed specific enzymes involved in its production.
- Mutant rice strains lacking these enzymes show altered root growth and slower mycorrhizal colonization, highlighting the complexity of strigolactone biosynthesis and its significance in plant development and symbiotic relationships.
Novel C-4',C-5' cyclobutane-fused spirocyclic ribonucleoside analogues were prepared. Thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition between dichloroketene and readily derived 4'--methylene furanoses afforded a first entry to the required constrained ribofuranoses, relying on a carbonyl transposition sequence. Alternatively, an unusual stereoselective ionic [2 + 2] cycloaddition using methyl propiolate promoted by methylaluminoxane gave a complementary, more direct approach to such ribofuranoses.
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