Synthesis of a bipolar phosphatidylethanolamine: a model compound for a membrane-spanning probe

JM Delfino, CJ Stankovic, SL Schreiber, FM Richards

Index: Delfino, Jose M.; Stankovic, Charles J.; Schreiber, Stuart L.; Richards, Frederic M. Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 21 p. 2323 - 2326

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Abstract

Abstract A general strategy for the synthesis of membrane-spanning bipolar phospholipids equipped with a reactive functional group probe of the membrane environment is described. The strategy is exemplified by the synthesis of a bisphosphatidylethanolamine that is connected through a benzylidene thioacetal of the ω-hydroxy esters at the sn-2 position of the two phosphoglycerol termini.