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Photohydrolysis of methotrexate produces pteridine, which induces poly-G-specific DNA damage through photoinduced electron transfer
Hirakawa, Kazutaka,Aoshima, Masahiro,Hiraku, Yusuke,Kawanishi, Shosuke
, p. 467 - 472 (2002)
Methotrexate (MTX), an antineoplastic agent, demonstrates phototoxicity. The mechanism of damage to biomacromolecules induced by photoirradiated MTX was examined using 32P-labeled DNA fragments obtained from a human gene. Photoirradiated MTX ca
Efficient syntheses of pyrofolic acid and pteroyl azide, reagents for the production of carboxyl-differentiated derivatives of folic acid
Luo, Jin,Smith, Michael D.,Lantrip, Douglas A.,Wang, Susan,Fuchs
, p. 10004 - 10013 (2007/10/03)
Reaction of folic acid (1) with excess trifluoroacetic anhydride provides access to both the previously unknown N10-(trifluoroacetyl)pyrrofolic acid (8) and pyrofolic acid (9). Reaction of either of these materials with hydrazine selectively affords pteroyl hydrazide (13), which may be oxidized to pteroyl azide (27) on a large scale (62% overall from I without the need for chromatography). Treatment of 27 with differentially protected glutamates provides a convenient and high-yielding synthesis of differentially protected, optically pure folates.