RADICAL-CHAIN RACEMIZATION OF TETRAHYDROFURFURYL ACETATE UNDER CONDITIONS OF POLARITY-REVERSAL CATALYSIS - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RADICAL-INDUCED STRAND CLEAVAGE OF DNA

Authors
CAI YD ROBERTS BP
Citation
Yd. Cai et Bp. Roberts, RADICAL-CHAIN RACEMIZATION OF TETRAHYDROFURFURYL ACETATE UNDER CONDITIONS OF POLARITY-REVERSAL CATALYSIS - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RADICAL-INDUCED STRAND CLEAVAGE OF DNA, Chemical communications, (10), 1998, pp. 1145-1146
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1145 - 1146
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1998):10<1145:RROTAU>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Alkanethiols with electron-withdrawing S-alkyl groups and silanethiols act as polarity-reversal catalysts to promote the radical-chain racem isation of (R)-tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate at 60 degrees C, while simpl e alkanethiols are ineffective.