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The terminology of guanidine formation
Author(s) -
Jones John H
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of peptide science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1387
pISSN - 1075-2617
DOI - 10.1002/psc.408
Subject(s) - terminology , confusion , guanidine , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , psychology , psychoanalysis
The terminology in recent use for the conversion NH 2 to NHC(NH)NH 2 is surveyed and shown to be in a state of extreme confusion: a pragmatic recommendation is made that the word guanidinylation should be generally adopted for this conversion. Copyright © 2002 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.