Purification of synthetic all-E lycophyll (psi,psi-carotene-16,16'-diol).
An efficient purification of synthetic all-trans (all-E) lycophyll is described. The synthetic preparation of the rare xanthophyll lycophyll produces a mixture of geometric isomers. Purification by HPLC using reverse-phase C30 silica affords milligram quantities of the desired all-trans isomer in >95% purity, as confirmed by (1)H NMR and LC/MS. Most recently, a facile work-up of the geometric mixture formed during total synthesis was found to provide multigrams of the targeted all-E geometric isomer of lycophyll. The acquisition of modest quantities of this specific lycopene analog allows its therapeutic potential to be explored.
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Cristi L
CL
Braun
Henry L
HL
Jackson
Samuel F
SF
Lockwood
Geoff
G
Nadolski
D002338:Carotenoids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
D002338:Carotenoids