CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A THYMINE-THYMINE ADDUCT

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作者
KARLE, IL
WANG, SY
VARGHESE, AJ
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[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, Washington
[2] Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
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10.1126/science.164.3876.183
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Thymine-thymine adduct is a product isolated from thymine irradiated with ultraviolet light in frozen aqueous solution. This compound is presumably formed through the rearrangement of an initial photoproduct. Single crystal x-ray diffraction analysis has confirmed the molecular formula of the adduct, 5-hydroxy6-4′-(5′-methylpyrimid-2′-one)-dihydrothymine, except for the possibility of a hydrogen atom on the 3 ′nitrogren rather than the 1 ′ nitrogen, and has established the stereoconfiguration of the molecule.
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