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THE long-standing problem of how methyl groups migrate from nuclear to extra-nuclear nitrogen atoms in heterocyclic compounds has now been decided experimentally in the pyrimidine series.
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BROWN, D. Apparent Migration of N-Methyl Groups in the Pyrimidine Series. Nature 189, 828–829 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189828a0
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