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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Carbohydr Res. 2007 Aug 19;342(17):2575–2592. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.08.003

Scheme 8.

Scheme 8

Structures of two products generated from a reaction at 37 °C and pH 7.4 between dR5P and β-Ala. A. Four-min retention-time compound, an amine derivative of 5-MP, with an absorbance maximum at 260 nm. B. Six-min retention-time compound, N-methyl-2-formylpyrrole, with an absorbance maximum at 290 nm.