14880-59-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc chlorins possessing 'inverse' keto and hydroxyl groups
Tamiaki, Hitoshi,Miyatake, Tomohiro,Tanikaga, Rikuhei
, p. 267 - 270 (1997)
Zinc 3-acetyl-131-hydroxychlorin Zn-4 was efficiently prepared as a model for naturally occurring bacteriochlorophyll-d possessing 31-hydroxyl and 13-keto groups. Synthetic model Zn-4 self-aggregates to form oligomers in non-polar organic solvents as well as the isomeric zinc 31-hydroxy-131-oxochlorin Zn-1. Both the in-vitro aggregates are similar with the in-vivo aggregates of bacteriochlorophyll-d in the main light-harvesting antennae of photosynthetic green bacteria.
