1. Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B‐3000 Leuven, (phone: +32?16?337387;2. fax: +32?16?337340);3. Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald 2, D‐82372 Penzberg
Abstract:
The synthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) analogues in which the ribose unit of the nicotinamide moiety is replaced by a hexitol, altritol, and cyclohexenyl sugar mimic is described.