@article{2a6fa40bb26540ad9874858559d083f1,
title = "Synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids: The pigments responsible for the color reaction of the red sweat of Hippopotamus amphibius",
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.",
keywords = "Fluorene, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hipposudoric acid, Norhipposudoric acid, Pschorr reaction",
author = "Yoko Saikawa and Kai Moriya and Kimiko Hashimoto and Masaya Nakata",
note = "Funding Information: This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A) {\textquoteleft}Targeted Pursuit of Challenging Bioactive Molecules{\textquoteright} from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. ",
year = "2006",
month = apr,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.042",
language = "English",
volume = "47",
pages = "2535--2538",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "15",
}