J. Crusats et al., ON THE PREPARATION OF BILIRUBINS OF THE NATURAL-ALPHA SERIES SUBSTITUTED WITH A PROPIONIC-ACID RESIDUE AND A HYDROXYPROPYL GROUP, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 127(1), 1996, pp. 85-89
The reduction of mesobiliverdin XIII alpha propan-1,3-diyl diester wit
h NaBH4 affords mesobilirubin XIII alpha propan-1,3-diyl diester. The
same reduction of mesobiliverdin XIII alpha methylen diester. The same
reduction of mesobiliverdin XIII alpha methylen diester affords ropyl
)-2,7,13,17-tetramethylbiladien-ac-1,19-(21H, 24H)-dione (MBR-mc). The
UV/Vis and H-1 NMR spectra of MBR-mc show that its structure in solut
ion is similar to that of the natural bilirubins of the a series.