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Model studies of the thymidylate synthase reaction. The mechanism of reduction of 5-uracilylmethylenepyridinium salts by benzyl thiol
Meissner,Pandit
, p. 2999 - 3002 (2007/10/02)
The reduction of 5-uracilylmethylenepyridinium salts by benzyl thiols, to the corresponding thymine derivatives, involves an exocyclic methylene intermediate, which appears to be reduced by a radical mechanism. The overall reaction constitutes a mechanist
