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Naturally occurring hybrids derived from ?-amino acids and sugars with potential tail to tail ether-bonds.

ABSTRACT: The basic substances of life include various amino acids and sugars. To search such molecules is the precondition to understand the essential nature. Here we reported four unprecedented hybrids of ?-amino acids and sugars from the roots of Ranunculus ternatus, which possess potential tail to tail ether-connected (6,6-ether-connected) modes in the sugar moiety. The structures of these hybrids were elucidated by extensive analyses of spectra and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) method.

SUBMITTER: Feng ZM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863253 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Naturally occurring hybrids derived from γ-amino acids and sugars with potential tail to tail ether-bonds.

Feng Zi-Ming ZM Zhan Zhi-Lai ZL Yang Ya-Nan YN Jiang Jian-Shuang JS Zhang Pei-Cheng PC

Scientific reports 20160511

The basic substances of life include various amino acids and sugars. To search such molecules is the precondition to understand the essential nature. Here we reported four unprecedented hybrids of γ-amino acids and sugars from the roots of Ranunculus ternatus, which possess potential tail to tail ether-connected (6,6-ether-connected) modes in the sugar moiety. The structures of these hybrids were elucidated by extensive analyses of spectra and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) metho ...[more]

PMID: 27166276

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Naturally occurring hybrids derived from ?-amino acids and sugars with potential tail to tail ether-bonds.

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Naturally occurring hybrids derived from γ-amino acids and sugars with potential tail to tail ether-bonds.

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