Uses
syn-2-Pyridinealdoxime is a 2-substituted pyridine derivative with inhibitory activity against prolyl-4-hydroxylase. syn-2-Pyridinealdoxime is used in the preparation of DNA-binding silver nitrate complexes. syn-2-Pyridinealdoximeis the N-demethylated analogue of AChE inhibitor Pralidoxime (P701120).
Purification Methods
Recrystallise it from Et2O/pet ether or H2O. The picrate has m 169-171o (from aqueous EtOH). It is used in peptide synthesis. [UV: Grammaticakis Bull Chem Soc Fr 109, 116 1956, Ginsberg & Wilson J Am Chem Soc 79 481 1957, Hanania & Irvine Nature 183 40 1959, Green & Saville J Chem Soc 3887 1956, Beilstein E-isomer 21 I 288, 21 III/IV 3504, 21/7 V 305.]
