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HRID 1845828Generated: October 25, 2026

Xanthine → Naphthalene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantXanthineHCID 1188—
ReactantTheophyllineHCID 2153—
ReactantCaffeineHCID 2519—
ReactantParaxanthineHCID 4687—
ReactantTheobromineHCID 5429—
ReactantAcetylacetoneHCID 31261—
Reactant7-MethylxanthineHCID 68374—
Reactant3-MethylxanthineHCID 70639—
ReactantAmmonium AcetateHCID 517165—
SolventAcetic AcidHCID 176—
ProductNaphthaleneHCID 931—

Reaction Steps

Chemicals. Caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, paraxanthine, 7-methylxanthine, 3-methylxanthine, xanthine, ammonium acetate, acetic acid, 2,4-pentanedione, spinach ferredoxin reductase, and spinach ferredoxin were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Reductase and ferredoxin of Pseudomonas sp. 9816 naphthalene dioxygenase were kindly provided by Dr. David T. Gibson. Soytone was obtained from Becton, Dickinson and Company. High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)-grade methanol (J. T. Baker) was used in chromatographic studies.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08951752B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_02
ORD IDord-34627c36c7084bd1be335f8d306d814e
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_02