Ene reactions take place when an allylic group reacts with a double bond. Both the allylic group and double bond may contain heteroatoms. For example, the double bond could be an alkene, carbonyl, or imine. The allylic group could be an allylic alcohol, a phenol, an aniline, or even an oxime. Recently reported findings suggest that NADH, FAD, FMN, vitamin C, the oxime intermediate of nitric oxide synthase, and many related biological molecules may all react through ene reactions. Thus, this reaction could be one of the most common chemical reactions in biology. Our continued progress studying biological ene reactions and their implications and applications will be reported.

Biological ene reactions

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