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Quantitative and regiocontrolled cross-photocycloaddition of the anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil achieved in a cocrystal
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Quantitative and regiocontrolled cross-photocycloaddition of the anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil achieved in a cocrystal

Andrew J. E Duncan, Roxanne L Dudovitz, Shawna J Dudovitz, Jelena Stojaković, S. V. Santhana Mariappan and Leonard R MacGillivray
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), Vol.52(89), pp.13109-13111
2016
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06570H
PMID: 27759136

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Abstract

We describe a [2+2] cross-photocycloaddition of the anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil in the solid state that proceeds regioselectively and in quantitative yield. The photocycloaddition occurs in a cocrystal with trans-2,2′-bis(pyridyl)ethylene.

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