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 | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Apr 10 |
Keywords
- Fluorene
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- Hipposudoric acid
- Norhipposudoric acid
- Pschorr reaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry
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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