“…Reprotonation of 3 proceeds with a strict stereochemical course through addition to the Si ‐face, as followed by HSQC. The 1,4‐hydride shift from B to C was confirmed by incubation of (2‐ 2 H)GPP and (3‐ 13 C)IPP with SoS and GGPPS (Figure S45, triplet for C‐7), and the 1,2‐hydride shift to D was demonstrated by the incubation of (2‐ 2 H)DMAPP and (2‐ 13 C)IPP, synthesised from (2‐ 13 C)acetic acid (Scheme S2), with SoS, FPPS, and GGPPS (Figure S46, triplet for C‐10). For the stereochemical investigation of the final deprotonation step, (1 R )‐ and (1 S )‐(1‐ 2 H)IPP were synthesised (Scheme S3, Figure S47) and incubated with isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (IDI) from Serratia plymuthica , followed by its heat inactivation and elongation of the resulting (1 R )‐ and (1 S )‐(1‐ 2 H)DMAPP with excess unlabelled IPP by FPPS and GGPPS to suppress the incorporation of additional labelled IPP units.…”