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Molecular Conformation of Thymidine and a Comparison with some Electron Spin Resonance Results

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THE determination of the structure of thymidine (C10 N2 O5 H14, Fig. 1) was undertaken as part of a series of structure determinations of nucleic acid components. Thymidine is the only nucleoside which has been studied1 by electron spin resonance of irradiated single crystals and, in particular, the orientation of the pyrimidine ring has been predicted from these studies. Radiation effects on thymine make an important contribution to the spectra obtained in electron spin resonance experiments on irradiated deoxyribose nucleic acid2.

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TOLLIN, P., WILSON, H. & YOUNG, D. Molecular Conformation of Thymidine and a Comparison with some Electron Spin Resonance Results. Nature 217, 1148–1149 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171148a0

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