Nucleic Acids Research, 1978, Vol. 5, No. 4 1297-1300
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Photochemical dehydrogenation of 5, 6-dihydropyrimidines
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel
Received January 12, 1978.
5,6-Dihydropyrimidines can be oxidized photochemically to the original pyrimidines with light of
> 300 nm in the presence of transition metal salts which act as sensitizers. A hydrogen atom abstraction by hydroxyl radical is suggested as the reaction mechanism.