Mechanism of decarboxylation of 1,3-dimethylorotic acid revisited: Trapping of the reaction intermediate

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 1998, Pages 6271-6272

  Nakanishi, Michael P ^a   Wu, Weiming ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIMETHYLOROTIC ACID; OROTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DECARBOXYLATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032572908     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01331-8     Document Type: Article

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