Carotenoid synthesis: retrospect and recent progress.
Carotenoid synthesis during the past approximately 30 years is summarized. Total syntheses of peridinin, fucoxanthin and halocynthiaxanthin, and biomimetic total syntheses of mytiloxanthin, crassostreaxanthin B, capsanthin, capsorubin, cucurbitaxanthin A, cycloviolaxanthin and capsanthin 3,6-epoxide are discussed.
Ito
Masayoshi
M
Organic Chemistry for Life Science, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1, Motoyamakita, Higashinada, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. ma_yoshi@kobepharma-u.ac.jp
Yamano
Yumiko
Y
Tode
Chisato
C
Wada
Akimori
A
D002338:Carotenoids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D010777:Photochemistry
D002338:Carotenoids