Tetrahedron

Concerning the mechanism of formation of biliverdins from b-bilenes

J Awruch

Index: Awruch, Josefina Tetrahedron, 1990 ,  vol. 46,  # 4  p. 1171 - 1180

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Abstract

The oxidation of 1, 19-di-t-butoxycarbonyl-b-bilenes with bromine affords not only a major biliverdin, but also minor biliverdins. Elucidation of their structure revealed that cleavage of the b-bilene chain takes place during the oxidation, followed by dimerization of one