HETEROCYCLES

Heterocycles has a pay-per-view service for Non-subscribers.
You will be able to directly purchase the full text article through PayPal.
Your purchased Paper can be downloaded after the payment is completed.
An e-mail will be sent the URL to download the paper.
If you have any questions, please contact: purchase@heterocycles.com

Price: ¥ 4,400 (Yen only)
Period: This Article can be accessed for 7 days.

■ Regioselective Introduction of Substituents to the meso-Position of Pyrromethenone Derivative – Application to the Synthesis of Sterically Fixed Phytochrome Chromophore Anchored to the C15 meso-Position

Yudai Tanaka, Ryoji Iwamoto, Ryo Sakata, Takahiro Soeta, Kohei Endo, Shuhei Fujinami, Katsuhiko Inomata, and Yutaka Ukaji*

*Division of Material Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan

Abstract

Pyrromethenone derivatives corresponding to the CD-ring component of phycocyanobilin chromophore were regioselectively brominated with NBS at the meso-position retaining the stereochemistry of the olefinic carbon skeleton. Subsequent introduction of carbon-substituents to the brominated pyrromethenones was accomplished by treating with Grignard reagents to afford meso-alkylated (E)-isomers regardless of the stereochemistry of the starting brominated pyrromethenones. The resulting product was applied to the synthesis of a meso-anchored sterically fixed tetrapyrrole chromophore.