Ring opening photoreactions of cytosine and uracil with ethylamine

From: Photochemistry and Photobiology | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Interesting information is provided by Hom and coworkers (pp. 243-253), on the UVC-mediated reactions of cytosine and uracil with ethylamine used as a model compound of lysine, an amino acid exhibiting a free E-amino group. In both cases, one major primary conjugate was isolated and characterized by extensive spectroscopic measurements. The formation of the adduct is rationalized in terms of nucleophilic ...

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