Efficient syntheses of pyrofolic acid and pteroyl azide, reagents for the production of carboxyl-differentiated derivatives of folic acid

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 42, 1997, Pages 10004-10013

  Luo, Jin ^a   Smith, Michael D ^a   Lantrip, Douglas A ^a   Wang, Susan ^a   Fuchs, P L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PTEROYL AZIDE; PYROFOLIC ACID; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030662090     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja971568j     Document Type: Article

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