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Syntheses of 13C2-labelled 11Z-retinals
McLean, Neville J.,Gansmuller, Axel,Concistre, Maria,Brown, Lynda J.,Levitt, Malcom H.,Brown, Richard C.D.
experimental part, p. 8404 - 8410 (2011/11/12)
To enable solid-state NMR investigations of the rhodopsin chromophore and its photointermediates, a series of 11Z-retinal isotopomers have been synthesised containing pairs of adjacent 13C labels at C9/C10, C10/C11 or C11/C12, respectively. The C9 labelled carbon atom was introduced through the Heck reaction of a 13C-labelled Weinreb acrylamide derivative, and the label at the C12 position derived from a 13C-containing ethoxy Bestmann-Ohira reagent. The 13C labels at C10 and C11 were introduced through the reaction of β-ionone with labelled triethyl phosphonoacetate.
Accurate measurements of 13C-13C J-couplings in the rhodopsin chromophore by double-quantum solid-state NMR spectroscopy
Lai, Wai Cheu,McLean, Neville,Gansmueller, Axel,Verhoeven, Michiel A.,Antonioli, Gian Carlo,Carravetta, Marina,Duma, Luminita,Bovee-Geurts, Petra H. M.,Johannessen, Ole G.,De Groot, Huub J. M.,Lugtenburg, Johan,Emsley, Lyndon,Brown, Steven P.,Brown, Richard C. D.,DeGrip, Willem J.,Levitt, Malcolm H.
, p. 3878 - 3879 (2007/10/03)
A new double-quantum solid-state NMR pulse sequence is presented and used to measure one-bond 13C-13C J-couplings in a set of 13C2-labeled rhodopsin isotopomers. The measured J-couplings reveal a perturbation of the electronic structure at the terminus of the conjugated chain but show no evidence for protein-induced electronic perturbation near the C11-C12 isomerization site. This work establishes NMR methodology for measuring accurate 1JCC values in noncrystalline macromolecules and shows that the measured J-couplings may reveal local electronic perturbations of mechanistic significance. Copyright
Synthesis of 8-, 9-, 12-, and 13-mono-13C-retinal
Pardoen, J. A.,Mulder, P. P. J.,Berg, E. M. M. van den,Lugtenburg, J.
, p. 1431 - 1435 (2007/10/02)
The 8-, 9-, 12-, and 13-mono-13C-retinals were synthesized with >98percent chemical purity and 93percent 13C incorporation from 13C-labelled acetonitrile.Their 13C-13C and 13C-1H nmr coupling constants were determined.
