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D A Lightner

Publications and source records attributed to D A Lightner.

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PubMed1974

On the existence of a mono-vinyl d-urobilin.

Chromic acid degradation of a d-urobilin, obtained after incubation of bilirubin in fecal bacterial cultures, gave methylvinylmaleimide and methylethylmaleimide. The d-urobilin, molecular weight 588, C(33)H(40)-N(4)O(6), clearly showed the presence of both vinyl and ethyl resonances in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum. These results point unambiguously to a urobilin structure with one vinyl and one ethyl beta-substituent.

Acids↗
PubMed1970

Circular dichroism studies at variable temperature: urobilinoid conformation.

Measurements of the temperature dependence of the circular dichroism spectra of l-stercobilin and d-urobilin show that the conformations of these optically-active urobilinoids change with temperature between 163 and 297 degrees K. These conformational changes depend critically on the hydrogen bonding characteristics of the solvent. Thus, in methanol-glycerol (9:1), the chiral sense of the helical conformation of the dipyrrylmethene chromophore is reversed on lowering the temperature, whereas in chloroform, reversal does not occur.

Bile Pigments↗