ORGANIC-PHOTOCHEMISTRY .102. UROCANIC ACID PHOTOBIOLOGY - PURINE-ASSISTED PHOTOOXIDATION TO 1H-IMIDAZOLE-4(5)-CARBOXALDEHYDE

Authors
MOHAMMAD T KASPER A MORRISON H
Citation
T. Mohammad et al., ORGANIC-PHOTOCHEMISTRY .102. UROCANIC ACID PHOTOBIOLOGY - PURINE-ASSISTED PHOTOOXIDATION TO 1H-IMIDAZOLE-4(5)-CARBOXALDEHYDE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(28), 1994, pp. 4903-4906
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
28
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4903 - 4906
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:28<4903:O.UAP->2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Urocanic acid undergoes photooxidative cleavage at the acrylic acid si de chain to afford imidazole carboxaldehyde. The reaction is accelerat ed in the presence of purines. Evidence is presented that the photooxi dation involves a reaction of the UA radical cation and ground state m olecular oxygen.