64839-18-5Relevant articles and documents
88. Technical Procedures for the Syntheses of Carotenoids and Related Compounds from 6-Oxo-isophorone: Syntheses of (3R,3'R)-Zeaxanthin
Soukup, Milan,Widmer, Erich,Lukac, Theodor
, p. 868 - 873 (1990)
Starting from the readily available, optically active (4R)-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone (2), a new technical synthesis of (3R,3'R)-zeaxanthin is described.According to a completely new C9 + C2 + C4= C15 scheme, the ketone 2 was protected, ethynyla