formylation reaction
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thumbnail|Formyl functional group is shown in blue.
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Formylation agents
- Aromatic formylation
- Aliphatic formylation
- Formylation reactions in biology
- Methanogenesis
- Formylation in protein synthesis
- Formylation reactions in purine biosynthesis
- GAR transformylase
- PurN GAR transformylase
- Mechanism
- PurT GAR transformylase
- Mechanism
- AICAR transformylase
- Mechanism
- Formylation in histone proteins
- Formylation in medicine
- Formylation reactions as a drug target
- Leigh syndrome
- See also
- References
- See also
thumbnail|Formyl functional group is shown in blue.
Formylation refers to any chemical processes in which a compound is functionalized with a formyl group (-CH=O). In organic chemistry, the term is most commonly used with regard to aromatic compounds (for example the conversion of benzene to benzaldehyde in the Gattermann–Koch reaction). In biochemistry the reaction is catalysed by enzymes such as formyltransferases.
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