Mytloxanthin

Weedon and coworicers used the condensation of the methyl ketone (100) with polyene ester (101) to form the enolic 3-diketone portion (102) of the carotenoids mytloxanthin and trikentriorhodin (equation 28)." A similar condensation was used to form the 3-diketone (105) of all-( )-wallemia C by reaction of (103) with the methyl ketone (104 equation 29). ... 

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