TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetic study of the electron-transfer oxidation of the phenolate anion of a vitamin E model by molecular oxygen generating superoxide anion in an aprotic medium
AU - Nakanishi, Ikuo
AU - Miyazaki, Kentaro
AU - Shimada, Tomokazu
AU - Iizuka, Yuko
AU - Inami, Keiko
AU - Mochizuki, Masatak
AU - Urano, Shiro
AU - Okuda, Haruhiro
AU - Ozawa, Toshihiko
AU - Fukuzumi, Shunichi
AU - Ikota, Nobuo
AU - Fukuhara, Kiyoshi
PY - 2003/11/21
Y1 - 2003/11/21
N2 - Electron-transfer reduction of molecular oxygen (O2) by the phenolate anion (1-) of a vitamin E model, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (1H), occurred to produce superoxide anion, which could be directly detected by a low-temperature EPR measurement. The rate of electron transfer from 1- to O2 was relatively slow, since this process is energetically unfavourable. The one-electron oxidation potential of 1- determined by cyclic voltammetric measurements is sufficiently negative to reduce 2,2-bis(4-tert-octylphenyl)-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DOPPH•) to the corresponding one-electron reduced anion, DOPPH-, suggesting that 1- can also act as an efficient radical scavenger.
AB - Electron-transfer reduction of molecular oxygen (O2) by the phenolate anion (1-) of a vitamin E model, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (1H), occurred to produce superoxide anion, which could be directly detected by a low-temperature EPR measurement. The rate of electron transfer from 1- to O2 was relatively slow, since this process is energetically unfavourable. The one-electron oxidation potential of 1- determined by cyclic voltammetric measurements is sufficiently negative to reduce 2,2-bis(4-tert-octylphenyl)-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DOPPH•) to the corresponding one-electron reduced anion, DOPPH-, suggesting that 1- can also act as an efficient radical scavenger.
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U2 - 10.1039/b306758k
DO - 10.1039/b306758k
M3 - Article
C2 - 14664398
AN - SCOPUS:0344946138
SN - 1477-0520
VL - 1
SP - 4085
EP - 4088
JO - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
JF - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
IS - 22
ER -