Jan-Feb 1988 Facile Synthesis of 7V-10 Flavin Disulfides V. Kumar and BA Averill* [1] Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA Received April 16, 1987 A facile, high yield route to N-10 flavin disulfides is described. The key feature is catalytic reduction of the nitro group to an amine function in an organic sulfide using platinum sulfide on charcoal. 241 /. Heterocyclic Chem., 25, 241 (1988). Flavins modified at the 7V-10 ...