## Abstract A simple synthesis of 5βdeoxyβLβ[5β^2^H~1~]arabinose was performed to obtain Lβ[3β²β^2^H~1~]biopterin. The reduced form of this model substance is needed to investigate the pathway of 7βsubstituted pterins in patients with primapterinuria.
A New Synthesis of (-)-Biopterin Employing 5-Deoxy-L-ribose as a Key Intermediate
β Scribed by Mori, Kenji ;Kikuchi, Haruhiko
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 331 KB
- Volume
- 1989
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-3440
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β¦ Synopsis
Carbohydrates are important as ehiral sources in modern organic syntheses'! However, the choice of a carbohydrate for the starting material of a synthesis remains as a significant problem in view of efficiency and economy.
(-)-Biopterin (1) is one of the potent natural pterins isolated from human urine as the growth factor of Critlzidia fasciculata by Patterson ct al.''. It attracted much attention as the precursor of (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin which was known as a coenzyme of aromatic amino acid monooxygenase '1.
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