Absolute stereochemistry of methanopterin and 5,6,7,8- tetrahydromethanopterin

Chirality

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 332-340

  White, Robert H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(R) 6(1 phenoxyethyl)pterin; (S) 6 (1 hydroxyethyl) 7 methylpterin; (S) 6 (1 hydroxyethyl)pterin; (S) 6 1 (4 carboxymethylanilino)ethyl pterin; 1 4 1 (2 amino 7 methyl 4 hydroxo 6 pteridinyl)ethyl amino phenyl 1 deoxy D ribitol; circular dichroism; D(+) neopterin; L biopterin; stereospecific synthesis

Indexed keywords

5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDROMETHANOPTERIN; 6 (1 HYDROXYETHYL) 7 METHYLPTERIN; 6 (1 HYDROXYETHYL)PTERIN; 6 (1 PHENOXYETHYL)PTERIN; 6 [1 (4 CARBOXYMETHYLANILINO)ETHYL]PTERIN; METHANOPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029776058     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(1996)8:4<332::AID-CHIR7>3.3.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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