Formation of novel tetrahydroisoquinoline retinoids by Pictet-Spengler reaction of dopamine and retinaldehyde under conditions of relevance to biological environments

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2002, Pages 6719-6721

  Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Lipofuscin; Retinaldehyde; Tetrahydroisoquinoline

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; METAL ION; RETINAL; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; IRON CHELATION; ISOMERISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PICTET SPENGLER REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0037119660     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01524-1     Document Type: Article

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