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Bacterial carotenoids

L. Absolute configuration of zeaxanthin dirhamnoside

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Zeaxanthin dirhamnoside is the major carotenoid of Corynebacterium autotrophicum. The absolute configuration 3R,3′R followed from CD-properties of its hexaacetate, α-L-assignment and 1C4 conformation were concluded from 1H NMR data by comparison with model compounds.

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  1. Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, N-7034, Trondheim-NTH, Norway

    Sissel Hertzberg & Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen

  2. Chemistry Department A, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    Gunner Borch

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Dedicated to Professor R. Y. Stanier on his 60th birthday in appreciation of his studies on the function and biosynthesis of carotenoids and influence on the scientific development of his co-workers

No. XLIX: Acta chem. scand. (in press)

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Hertzberg, S., Borch, G. & Liaaen-Jensen, S. Bacterial carotenoids. Arch. Microbiol. 110, 95–99 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00416974

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