Crystal and Molecular Structure of a Thymine Phototrimer
- 11 September 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3950) , 1084-1085
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3950.1084
Abstract
Thymine trimer was isolated from a frozen aqueous solution of thymine which was irradiated with ultraviolet light and was presumably formed through the rearrangement of an initial oxetane photoproduct. X-ray diffraction analysis of a single crystal has confirmed the trimeric diol structure and has established the stereoconfiguration of the molecule. The possible importance of the diol structure in photobiology is pointed out.Keywords
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