Synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids: The pigments responsible for the color reaction of the red sweat of Hippopotamus amphibius

Yoko Saikawa; Kai Moriya; Kimiko Hashimoto; Masaya Nakata

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.042

Synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids: The pigments responsible for the color reaction of the red sweat of Hippopotamus amphibius

Yoko Saikawa, Kai Moriya, Kimiko Hashimoto, Masaya Nakata

Department of Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

Highly unstable pigments, hipposudoric acid and norhipposudoric acid, isolated from the red sweat of hippopotamus were synthesized using the Pschorr reaction for the construction of the fluorene nucleus as the key step and the careful oxidation in the last step.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2535-2538
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	47
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.042
Publication status	Published - 2006 Apr 10

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Keywords

Fluorene
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hipposudoric acid
Norhipposudoric acid
Pschorr reaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Drug Discovery

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Saikawa, Y., Moriya, K., Hashimoto, K., & Nakata, M. (2006). Synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids: The pigments responsible for the color reaction of the red sweat of Hippopotamus amphibius. Tetrahedron Letters, 47(15), 2535-2538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.042

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