Intramolecular base-accelerated radical-scavenging reaction of a planar catechin derivative bearing a lysine moiety

  • Kiyoshi Fukuhara
  • , Ikuo Nakanishi
  • , Kei Ohkubo
  • , Yoshinori Obara
  • , Ayako Tada
  • , Kohei Imai
  • , Akiko Ohno
  • , Asao Nakamura
  • , Toshihiko Ozawa
  • , Shiro Urano
  • , Shinichi Saito
  • , Shunichi Fukuzumi
  • , Kazunori Anzai
  • , Naoki Miyata
  • , Haruhiro Okuda

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Abstract

A planar catechin derivative incorporating a lysine moiety was synthesized and showed ∼400-fold increased radical-scavenging activity relative to naturally-occurring (+)-catechin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6180-6182
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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