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The quest for a biomimetic synthesis of porphobilinogen: synthetic and biochemical studies

Reinhard Neier

• Introduction
• Trials to synthesise pyrroles via enamines
• Synthesis of pyrroles via the crossed aldol reaction
• Biochemical studies of the enzyme porphobilinogen synthase
• References