title: Products distribution in the oxidation of thymine with hydroxyl radicals.
abstract: In the oxidation of thymine with hydroxyl radical generated from L-ascorbic acid/copper(II) ion/O system, four reaction products, thymine glycol(TG), N-formyl-N'-pyruvylurea(FPU), 5-hydroxymethyluracil(HMU) and 5-hydroxy-5-methyl barbituric acid(HMBA) were obtained. A reaction scheme was proposed to explain the products distribution observed.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D013941:Thymine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D013941:Thymine