| Literature DB >> 12816411 |
Lori A Maggio-Hall1, Pieter C Dorrestein, Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Tadhg P Begley.
Abstract
Dimethylbezimidazole, the axial ligand of vitamin B(12), is synthesized from riboflavin by a two-electron oxidation, a retro-aldol condensation, and a second two-electron oxidation. This oxidative cascade readily takes place nonenzymatically under physiological conditions. [reaction: see text]Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12816411 DOI: 10.1021/ol034530m
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005