Retinoids and Related Compounds. 17. Conformational Study of Retinochrome Chromophore: Synthesis of 8,18-Ethanoretinal and a New Retinochrome Analog
作者:Akimori Wada、Miho Sakai、Tomoya Kinumi、Kazuo Tsujimoto、Masashige Yamauchi、Masayoshi Ito
DOI:10.1021/jo00102a015
日期:1994.11
In order to investigate the chromophore conformation around the trimethylcyclohexene ring in retinochrome, (all-E)-8,18-ethanoretinal (2), in which C-8 and C-18 positions of retinal 1 was connected by an ethylene group, was synthesized via the Dieckmann condensation of diester 6 from 2,2-dimethylcyclohexanone 7. This analog 2 was incorporated into aporetinochrome, forming a pigment with lambda(max) at 498 nm. Its opsin shift (2200 cm(-1)) is of the same order of magnitude as that of native retinochrome (2400 cm(-1)), suggesting that the conformations of both chromophores are fairly similar in the protein. In addition, MMX calculations indicate that the torsional angle around the 6-7 single bond in retinochrome might correspond to the allowable torsional angle in 8,18-ethanoretinal (2).