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Nucleoside Triphosphates - From Synthesis to Biochemical Characterization
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7,9-Bis(hy-droxy-meth-yl)-7H-purine-2,6,8(1H,3H,9H)trione
Abstract:
The structure of the title uric acid derivative, C(7)H(8)N(4)O(5), from human kidney stones, is characterized by the C and O atoms of one of the two hy-droxy-methyl groups being disordered nearly equally over three different sites. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding scheme though they look stacked in planes nearly parallel to ([Formula: see text]04).
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