Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

In an effort to gain detailed insight into the mechanism of electron transport in the respiratory chain, the synthesis of a reaction model approximating the first step of the sequence was attempted. The desired molecule should contain the isoalloxazine ring system, the reactive center of flavin adenine dinucleotide, and the nicotinamide ring, the reactive moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, joined by a trimethylene bridge. The successful synthesis and characterization of many intermediate confirms that the procedure being used is viable. Attainment of the actual reaction model, based on the work described herein, should occur in the near future.

Extent

91 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identifier

FADT13741

Format

pdf

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