ChemInform Abstract: Structure of “Dioneheme”. Total Synthesis of the Green Heme Prosthetic Group in Cytochrome cd1 Dissimilatory Nitrite Reductase.
Abstract
In order to investigate the structure of heme d1, a green substrate-binding heme prosthetic group of cytochrome cd1, the metal-free "dioneheme" tetramethyl ester (IV) is synthesized starting from the dialdehyde (I).