Pyrrole-singlet oxygen reactions leading
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Harry H. Wasserman; Anders K. Petersen; Mingde Xia; Jianji Wang
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Reaction of the ten-butyl ester of 3-methoxy-2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid with singlet oxygen yields a hydroperoxide intermediate which undergoes coupling with pyrroles to yield precursors of prodigiosin and ring A analogs, readily convertible to the corresponding tripyrromethenes.