DESULFURIZATION OF BIOTIN AND EPIBIOTIN SULFOXIDES WITH NICKEL BORIDE- ANALYSIS OF THE STEREOSELECTIVITY THROUGH [H-2] NMR IN A POLYPEPTIDE LIQUID-CRYSTAL
F. Escalettes et al., DESULFURIZATION OF BIOTIN AND EPIBIOTIN SULFOXIDES WITH NICKEL BORIDE- ANALYSIS OF THE STEREOSELECTIVITY THROUGH [H-2] NMR IN A POLYPEPTIDE LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Tetrahedron letters, 39(41), 1998, pp. 7499-7502
Reduction of biotin or epibiotin sulfoxides with nicker boride and deu
terated reagents affords as major products bideuterated dethiobiotin.
Deuterium localisation by [H-2] NMR in a chiral liquid crystal allows
the analysis of the stereoselectivity of the reaction (C) 1998 Elsevie
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