Jensen and Jernelov discovered the biologically catalyzed transfer of this group to mercury, a reaction that can also be catalyzed abiotically by fulvic acid. Acidic fragmentation is followed by addition of this group, sometimes via the Haworth method, in a technique for determining the monosaccharide linkage patterns. In one reaction involving the transfer of this functional group, the C6 carbon of the substrate is attached by a cysteine thiolate, activating the C5 carbon as a resonance-stabilized carbanion that attacks the donor of this group; that reaction is catalyzed by thymidlyate synthase. Kuhn-Roth oxidation can be used to determine the number of these groups attached to a carbon atom. In vivo, S-adenosylmethionine is a common donor of this functional group. For 10 points, name this functional group which, when added to benzene, p
Jensen and Jernelov discovered the biologically catalyzed transfer of this group to mercury, a reaction that can also be catalyzed abiotically by fulvic acid. Acidic fragmentation is followed by addition of this group, sometimes via the Haworth method, in a technique for determining the monosaccharide linkage patterns. In one reaction involving the transfer of this functional group, the C6 carbon of the substrate is attached by a cysteine thiolate, activating the C5 carbon as a resonance-stabilized carbanion that attacks the donor of this group; that reaction is catalyzed by thymidlyate synthase. Kuhn-Roth oxidation can be used to determine the number of these groups attached to a carbon atom. In vivo, S-adenosylmethionine is a common donor of this functional group. For 10 points, name this functional group which, when added to benzene, produces toluene.
Jensen and Jernelov discovered the biologically catalyzed transfer of this group to mercury, a reaction that can also be catalyzed abiotically by fulvic acid.
methyl group