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SUBMITTER: Cmoch P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016955 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cmoch Piotr P Krzeczyński Piotr P Leś Andrzej A
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20180113 1
The molecular structure of capecitabine (a widely applied prodrug of 5-fluorouracil) was studied by multinuclear NMR measurements and DFT quantum mechanical calculations. One or two tautomeric forms in a solution were detected depending on the solvent used. In the organic solvents, a mixture of two forms of capecitabine was observed: carbamate and imine tautomers. In the aqueous solution, only the carbamate form was found. The methylation of capecitabine yields mainly two products in different p ...[more]