Co-Authors:
Rosenthal, I., Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Poupko, R., Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Muszkat, K.A., Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Sharafi-Ozeri, Sh., Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Abstract:
The interaction of electronically excited adenine or adenosine with carboxylic acids yields free radicals generated by the homolytic cleavage of the carboxyl group. When an amino acid serves as substrate, the loss of the amino group is the predominant process.