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ALTHOUGH many derivatives of pteridine, both natural and synthetic, are known, the parent substance pteridine (I) does not appear to have been described. This substance has now been prepared by the condensation of 4 : 5-diaminopyrimidine with glyoxal bisulphite.
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JONES, W. A Synthesis of Pteridine. Nature 162, 524–525 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162524b0
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