Abstract
Trifluoroacetic acid has been found to be an efficient and non-oxidative catalyst for the epimerization of pyrene and other C-nucleosides in dichloromethane at ambient temperature. Aspects of the epimerization mechanism are also elucidated.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-88 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2003 |
Keywords
- C-nucleosides
- Epimerization
- Pyrene nucleoside
- Trifluoroacetic acid and dichloromethane
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry