Published on 01 January 1966. Downloaded by google on 07/02/2016 11:12:37. ... View Article Online / Journal Homepage / Table of Contents for this issue ... Structure (11) for phytofluene was proposed by Zechmeister l1 because treatment of phytoene with AT-bromosuccinimide had been shown12 to give a product which was spectrally and chromatographically indistinguishable from natural phytofluene. Similar dehydrogenations of other members of the series, ...