Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.6, 588-589, 2001
A highly efficient method for the preparation of the A/B-ring component of phycobilin derivatives starting from bilirubin
An efficient synthetic method of the A/B-ring component of phycobilin derivatives (P PhiB and PCB) was established by using bilirubin as a starting material, which allows to construct the phycobilins in a few steps.