One step and convenient preparations of 4-hydroxyretinal and 4- oxoretinal

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086018

Treatment of all-trans-retinal with one and two equivalents of NBS in a mixture of CH₃CN-CH₂Cl₂-H₂O provide 4-hydroxyretinal and 4-oxoretinal, respectively, in good yields.

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One Step and Convenient
Preparations of 4-Hydroxyretinal
and 4-Oxoretinal
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Masaru Hashimoto
& Yukari Fujimoto
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Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York,
New York, 10027
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Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University,
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Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8561, Japan
Published online: 17 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Masaru Hashimoto & Yukari Fujimoto (1999) One Step and Convenient
Preparations of 4-Hydroxyretinal and 4-Oxoretinal, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:21,
3793-3797, DOI: 10.1080/00397919908086018
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