Abstract
BY condensation with ethylenediamine, adrenaline gives noradrenaline as the main product1. This suggests the possibility that adrenaline is demethylatsed during this reaction.
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YAGI, K., NAGATSU, T. Formation of Noradrenaline from Adrenaline by Rat Liver Mitochondria. Nature 184, 1316–1317 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841316a0
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