The reactions of heterocyclic systems with singlet oxygen. Photosensitized oxygenation of imidazoles
β Scribed by H.H. Wasserman; K. Stiller; M.B. Floyd
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
The reactions of imidamoles with singlet oxygen are of special interest in view of the probable involvement of the imidasole system in the photooxidative inactivation of certain enzymes. Thus, loss of biological activity during photooxidation of phosphoglucomutase3, ribonuclease4 and insulin5, among other enzymes, has been correlated with the disappearance of histidine residues and, accordingly, with the oxidative destruction of imidasole rings. Earlier work6'7'g has shown that photooxidation of lophine (2,4,5_triphenylimidazole
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