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Biomimetic transformations of 2-aminoimidazole into zoanthoxanthins: exposing a potential biogenic missing link

X Ying-Zi, K Yakushijin, DA Horne

Index: Xu, Ying-zi; Yakushijin, Kenichi; Horne, David A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 31 p. 4385 - 4388

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A one-step synthesis of the nitrogenous marine pigment parazoanthoxanthin A (1a) and related pseudozoanthoxanthin A (2a) from 2-aminoimidazole is described. The key step involves hydroxyalkylation of the C 3 N 3 heterocycle with acetaldehydes and pyruvic acid. ... A one-step synthesis ...