4.2.3.B68 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = spiroalbatene + diphosphate - - 4.2.3.B68 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = spiroalbatene + diphosphate cyclization mechanism from GGPP to spiroalbatene involving 1,14-cyclization to cation, followed by a 1,2-hydride migration, another 1,2-hydride shift, and ring closure, followed by a third 1,2-hydride shift and cyclization, yielding a cyclopropane intermediate, and opening of the three-membered ring with concomitant ring closure -, 746752