16115-31-4Relevant articles and documents
Competing Knorr and Fischer-Fink pathways to pyrroles in neutral aqueous solution
Chandrashaker, Vanampally,Taniguchi, Masahiko,Ptaszek, Marcin,Lindsey, Jonathan S.
, p. 6957 - 6967 (2012)
A proposed chemical model for the prebiogenesis of tetrapyrrole macrocycles relies on the condensation of a 3-alkyl-substituted 2,4-diketone and an α-aminoketone to form a pyrrole equipped for subsequent self-condensation leading to porphyrinogens. The co