Synthesis of guanine from 3-methylxanthine

Summary A new preparative method of obtaining guanine from 3-methylxanthine has been developed.L. A. Gutorov and V. S. Aleksandrova are Deceased.Center for Drug Chemistry, All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Moscow 114815, State Institute for Blood Substitutes and Drugs, Moscow 109044. Zaporozhe State Medical Institute, Zaporozhe 330074. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 388–390, March, 1995.Original article submitted February 4, 1995.