Synthesis, Reactions, and Photochemistry of PteridinethionesThe pteridine-6(5H)-thione 1 and various pteridine-7(8H)-thiones (13, 22, 26) have been synthesized, and their photochemical reactivity has been investigated under aerobic conditions. The formation of different photooxidation products is pH-dependent. In acidic to neutral media, disulfides (2, 15, 23, 29) are formed, whereas neutral to alkaline solutions favour the formation of pteridinesulfinic (3, 17) and -sulfonic acids (6, 16, 24, 30). Prolonged irradiation of the disulfides 2 and 15 led to the intensively yellow fluorescing bis(thio)dilumazines 19 and 20, respectively.
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