Title
The isomeric biliverdins from ring-cleavage of deuteroporphyrin-IX
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-31-1980
Abstract
Treatment of zinc(II) deuteroporphyrin-IX dimethyl ester with thallium(III) trifluoroacetate, followed by acid treatment, affords the four isomeric oxophlorins (oxyporphyrins) in a reaction which is considerably more easy to control than the traditional method involving "coupled oxidation" of the corresponding hemin. The oxophlorins, obtained in very high yield, are chromatographically separable on a preparative scale. Using nuclear Overhauser enhancement and NMR spin-decoupling experiments, the isomeric deuterobiliverdins and meso-acetoxyporphyrins derived from the isomerically pure oxophlorins are assigned definitive structures. This work suggests that the original assignments of the β- and δ- deuterobiliverdins, made on the basis of coupled oxidation of deuterohemin-reconstituted hemoglobin, should be reversed. Implications for heme orientation in deuterohemin-reconstituted hemoglobin are discussed. © 1980 Academic Press, Inc.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
First Page
1370
Last Page
1375
Recommended Citation
Smith, K., Sharkus, L., & Dallas, J. (1980). The isomeric biliverdins from ring-cleavage of deuteroporphyrin-IX. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 97 (4), 1370-1375. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(80)80018-0