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Syntheses relevant to vitamin B12 biosynthesis: Synthesis of (±)faktor-I octamethyl ester

  • Simon P.D. Turner
  • , Michael H. Block
  • , Zhi Chu Sheng
  • , Steven C. Zimmerman
  • , Alan R. Battersby

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Abstract

Faktor-I, the chlorin which arises by aromatisation of the mono-C-methylated intermediate on the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12, has been synthesised in racemic form as its octamethyl ester by ring-closing the macrocycle photochemically.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)583-585
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Series Chemical Communications
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1985
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine

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