CHIRALITY OF PERIDININ AND DINOXANTHIN

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(80)83197-9

Details are reported for the configurational assignment of peridinin as 3S, 5R, 6R, 3'S, 5'R, 6'S including ozonolytic degradation of its p-bromobenzoate to derivatives of known chirality obtained from fucoxanthin and violaxanthin.Details regarding derivatization and CD correlations in favour of the same chirality for dinoxanthin = neoxanthin 3-acetate are given.Key Word Index - Dinoflagellate carotenoids; chirality; peridinin; dinoxanthin.