Part I. Substituted Dihydropyridines as Models for Coenzymes Cationic nad-nadh. Part II. Synthesis of Sulfated Derivatives of Ascorbic Acid

There are two parts to this thesis. In Part I, several compounds containing two 1,4-dihydronicotin-amide moieties (e.g. bis-o-xylylene-3-carbamoyl-1,4-di-hydronicotinamide) have been synthesized. In addition, a number of compounds containing only one 1,4-dihydronicotin-amide moiety were sysnthesized. In Part 2, a method is described for the sulfation of methyl B-glucoside, ascorbic acid and 5,6-isopropylidene-1-ascorbic acid