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B Johnson

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PubMed1973

Metal complexes of bilirubin in aprotic solvents.

Bilirubin reacts with zinc acetate, cadmium acetate or cobaltous acetate in dry dipolar aprotic solvents to form highly coloured complexes. The complex formed in NN-dimethylformamide can be isolated as a solid with bilirubin:zinc:acetate:NN-dimethylformamide molar proportions of 1:3:2:2. Water will decompose these complexes, with the regeneration of bilirubin.

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PubMed1973

The synthesis of esters of bilirubin.

1-Alkyl-3-p-tolytriazenes were used to synthesize the methyl, ethyl, isopropyl and benzyl esters of bilirubin. Treatment of a chloroform solution of bilirubin with the triazene at room temperature gave high yields of the corresponding esters. These were identified by n.m.r. and mass spectroscopy together with elemental analysis. N.m.r. studies also suggest that bilirubin dimethyl ester is in the lactam rather than the lactim form.

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