The first expedient entry to the human melanogen 2-S-cysteinyldopa exploiting the anomalous regioselectivity of 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid-thiol conjugation

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 7650-7652

  Panzella, Lucia ^a   De Lucia, Maria ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   d'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

3,4 Dihydroxycinnamic acid derivatives; Cysteinyldopas; Pheomelanin; Thiol conjugation

Indexed keywords

2 S CYSTEINYL 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; CAFFEIC ACID; OXIDIZING AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGENATION; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34648829221     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.098     Document Type: Article

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