Dioxobilane

Structural formula of dioxobilan;
the full stereochemistry is still the subject of research

The Dioxobilan is a degradation product of chlorophyll . It is a colorless tetrapyrrole that was first detected in the leaves of the Norway maple . It arises in a chlorophyll breakdown path that differs from all known pathways.

literature

• Thomas Müller, Martina Rafelsberger, Clemens Vergeiner, Bernhard Kräutler: “A dioxobilane as a product of a divergent chlorophyll breakdown in Norway maple”, in: Angewandte Chemie , 2011 , 123  (44), pp. 10912-10916 ( doi : 10.1002 / anie.201103934 ) . ( pdf )
• Thomas Müller, Martina Rafelsberger, Clemens Vergeiner, Bernhard Kräutler: "A Dioxobilane as Product of a Divergent Path of Chlorophyll Breakdown in Norway Maple", in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2011 , 50  (45), pp. 10724-10727 ( doi : 10.1002 / anie.201103934 ; PMC 3262146 (free full text); PMID 21928453 ).

Web links

• The “other hand” in the Norway maple, University of Innsbruck: iPoint - the information portal of the University of Innsbruck, October 14, 2011; Retrieved October 21, 2011.
• Uta Bilow: Unknown autumn colors. When the maple loses its green , FAZ , October 18, 2011; Retrieved October 21, 2011.