## Abstract A modification of a previously reported synthesis of zeaxanthin (**1**), and routes to both zeaxanthin and rhodoxanthin (**2**) from α‐ionone, are described.
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360. Carotenoids and related compounds. Part XI. Syntheses of δ-carotene and ε-carotene
✍ Scribed by Manchand, P. S. ;Rüegg, R. ;Schwieter, U. ;Siddons, P. T. ;Weedon, B. C. L.
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- 127048825
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- The Royal Society of Chemistry
- Year
- 1965
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- 954 KB
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- 0
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- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-1769
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## Abstract Starting from the readily available, optically active (4__R__)‐hydroxy‐2,2,6‐trimethylcyclohexanone (2), a new technical synthesis of (3__R__,3′__R__)‐zeaxanthin is described. According to a completely new C~9~+C~2~+C~4~ = C~15~ scheme, the ketone 2 was protected, ethynylated with Li‐ac