作者:Martin D. Shetlar、Janet Chung
DOI:10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00932.x
日期:2011.7
AbstractPrevious studies of the photochemical reaction of 1‐methylthymine (MeT) in frozen aqueous solution have indicated that four cyclobutane type dimers are formed. We have restudied this system and have found that, in addition to cyclobutane dimers, both a (5‐4) adduct and a (6‐4) adduct of MeT are formed in significant amounts. Upon standing in aqueous solution, the (5‐4) adduct is susceptible to reaction to form an isomeric form of the parent adduct, possibly via ring‐opening and closure reactions at C‐6 of the saturated pyrimidine ring component of the adduct. Irradiation of each of these three adducts with UVB light produces a pair of Dewar‐type adducts. The nine products were individually characterized by mass spectrometry, proton NMR spectroscopy and UV spectroscopy. A less comprehensive study showed that irradiation of thymidine in frozen aqueous solution produces a diastereomeric pair of (5‐4) adducts, along with the previously known diastereomeric pair of (6‐4) adducts.