Karenia mikimotoi

The stereoselectivity seen in the reduction of the seven-membered ketone above has proved to be general. This particular result, rationalized by the propensity for pseudoaxial hydride addition under Luche conditions, proved useful in the convergent total synthesis of Gymnocin-A, a polycyclic ether toxin isolated from the red tide dinoflagellate—Karenia mikimotoi.u The Luche reduction was used for the production of allylic alcohol 9 from ketone 8 in 84% yield. Luche conditions were similarly applied to the synthesis of the related polycyclic ether toxin gambierol.12... 

Leblond, J.D. and Chapman, P.J., A survey of the sterol composition of the marine dinoflagellates Karenia brevis, Karenia mikimotoi, and Karlodinium micrum distribution of sterols within other members of the class Dinophyceae, J. Phycol. 38, 670, 2002. 

Chang, F.H., Bourdelais, A.J., Baden, D.G., Gall, M., Hulston, D., and Webb, V. Karenia concordia (Dinophyceae) as a brevetoxin producer and comparison with two closely related species K. brevisulcata and K. mikimotoi, in Proceedings 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 4-8, 2006, abstract 0.10-03. 

Gymnodinium) mikimotoi/nagasakiense Karenia selliformis Alexandrium ostenfeldii [110, 111]... 

Gymnodimine B (18S) Gymnodimine C (18J ) Gymnodinium cf. mikimotoi Karenia selliformis Miles et al, 2000, 2003... 

Satake, M Tanaka, Y, Ishikura, Y, Oshima, Y, Naoki, H., and Yasumoto, T. (2005) Gyrrmocin B with the largest contiguous polyether rings from the red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia (formerly Gymnodinium) mikimotoi. Tetrahedron Lett, 46, 3537-3540. 

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