Fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry and1H-NMR spectrometry in studies of the transformations of thiamine in strongly basic solutions

Autor: Ian Horman
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: Helvetica Chimica Acta. 67:1478-1483
ISSN: 1522-2675
0018-019X
DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19840670609
Popis: Fast-atom-bombardment (FAB) mass spectra have been used to establish or confirm the nature of the yellow-product and open-chain forms of thiamine produced in the presence of excess (5 mol-equivb.) of strong base. Time-dependent changes in 1H-NMR spectra show that the rates of disappearance of the yellow form and of formation of the open-chain form are the same at pH 12.5, having a pseudo-first-order rate constant of k = 2.2 × 10−3 sec−1. The implications of these results are discussed in the light of current ideas on the acid-base dependence of thiamine structures.
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