Tashiro Takuya, Mori Kenji
Glycosphingolipid Synthesis Group, Laboratory for Immune Regulation, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2012;76(9):1715-20. doi: 10.1271/bbb.120333. Epub 2012 Sep 7.
Esterified ceramides, (2S,3R,4E)-2-[(30'-stearoyloxy)triacontanamido]octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol (2) and (2S,3R,4E,6R)-2-[(30'-stearoyloxy)triacontanamido]octadec-4-ene-1,3,6-triol (4), are minor components of the human stratum corneum. We synthesized these ceramides by employing olefin cross metathesis as the key reaction for constructing their ω-hydroxytriacontanoyl part (13).