C-45-CAROTENOIDS AND C-50-CAROTENOIDS .8. SYNTHESIS OF (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-BACTERIORUBERIN, (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-MONOANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-BISANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, 'R)-3,4,3',4'-TETRAHYDROBISANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, AND (ALL-E,S)-2-ISOPENTENYL-3,4-DEHYDRORHODOPIN
I. Lakomy et al., C-45-CAROTENOIDS AND C-50-CAROTENOIDS .8. SYNTHESIS OF (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-BACTERIORUBERIN, (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-MONOANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, (ALL-E,2S,2'S)-BISANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, 'R)-3,4,3',4'-TETRAHYDROBISANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN, AND (ALL-E,S)-2-ISOPENTENYL-3,4-DEHYDRORHODOPIN, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 80(2), 1997, pp. 472-486
Starting from (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid ((R)-10) the C-45- and C-50-ca
rotenoids (all-E,2S,2'S)-bacterioruberin (1), (all-E,2S,2'S)-monoanhyd
robacterioruberin (2), (all-E,2S,2'S)-bisanhydrobactarioruberin (3), 2
'R)-3,4,3',4'-tetrahydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin (5), and (all-E,S)-2
-isopentenyl-3,4-dehydrorhododopin (6) were synthesized. By comparison
of the chiroptical data of the natural and the synthetic compounds, t
he (2S)- and (2'S)-configuration of the natural products 1-3 and 6 was
established.