Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.6, 602-603, 2009
Synthesis of Doubly Locked 5Zs15Za-Biliverdin Derivatives and Their Unique Spectral Behavior
Doubly locked 5Zs15Za-biliverdin (BV) derivatives were synthesized toward the investigation of stereochemistry and function of the chromophore in bacteriophytochromes. The unique spectral behavior of the doubly locked 5Zs15Za-BV derivatives was observed by UV-vis spectroscopy.