Preparation and crystal structure of met
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Senge, Mathias O. ;Bobe, Frank W. ;Huster, Michael S. ;Smith, Kevin M.
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Reaction of methyl bacteriopheophorbide d 2 in tetrahydrofuran with sodium methoxide led to oxidation of the ethyl side chain at position 12 to afford an acetyl group. Experiments with ^18^O~2~ suggest a mechanism via abstraction of a proton and reaction of the secondary radical formed