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Synthetic Studies Relevant to Biosynthetic Research on Vitamin B12. Part 8. Synthesis of (+/-)-Faktor-I Octamethyl Ester
Battersby, Alan R.,Turner, Simon P. D.,Block, Michael H.,Sheng, Zhi-Chu,Zimmerman, Steven C.
, p. 1577 - 1586 (2007/10/02)
Several variations have been explored of the general synthesis of chlorins which uses a photochemical ring-closure of the macrocycle as the key step.This work leads to a synthesis of (+/-)-Faktor-I octamethyl ester, a chlorin which arises, in the free-acid form, by aromatisation of the mono-C-methylated intermediate on the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12.This synthesis confirms the structure of Faktor-I and allows labelled samples to be prepared.
