Tetrahedron Letters

Photochemistry of the nucleoside membrane transport inhibitor 6-[(4-nitrobenzyl) thio]-9-(β-D-ribofuranosyl) purine

SA Fleming, DB Rawlins, MJ Robins

Index: Fleming, Steven A.; Rawlins, David B.; Robins, Morris J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 35 p. 4995 - 4998

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The photoactive site of 6-[(4-nitrobenzyl)thio]-9-(β-D-ribofuranosyl)purine, an inhibitor of nucleoside transport across cellular membranes, was studied by radical trapping. Homolytic cleavage of the sulfur-benzyl bond occurred and thiol coupling was observed.