FUCOXANTHIN-PHEOPHORBIDE-ALPHA AND PERIDININ-PHEOPHORBIDE-ALPHA MOLECULES AS A NEW LIGHT-HARVESTING MODEL

Authors
OSUKA A KUME T
Citation
A. Osuka et T. Kume, FUCOXANTHIN-PHEOPHORBIDE-ALPHA AND PERIDININ-PHEOPHORBIDE-ALPHA MOLECULES AS A NEW LIGHT-HARVESTING MODEL, Tetrahedron letters, 39(7), 1998, pp. 655-658
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
655 - 658
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:7<655:FAPM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In fucoxanthin-pheophorbide-a and peridinin-pheophorbide-alpha dyads p repared by transesterification at the 13(2) methoxycarbonyl group of m ethyl pheophorbide-a, singlet-singlet energy transfer from the caroten oid to the pheophorbide occurs with 23 and 54% efficiencies, respectiv ely. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.