Cytosine hydroperoxides

Cytosine (Cyt) and 2 -deoxycytine (dCyd) hydroxyhydroperoxides generated by either OH radical or one-electron oxidation have been shown to be highly unstable, so far preventing their isolation and characterization by spectroscopic measurements such as NMR and MS. However, information is available on the chemical transformation of the 5- and 6-hydroperoxides as inferred from the isolation and identification of the main radical oxidation products of Cyt and dCyd. 

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