竹红菌甲素半醌自由基的变化特点

通过研究竹红菌甲素半醌负离子自由基衰减的动力学,建立了甲素半醌自由基在624nm的可见吸收强度和ESR信号强度的平行关系.在624nm的可见吸收属于甲素半醌自由基的吸收.这个研究结果对研究甲素的半醌自由基具有实用意义.讨论了还原型谷胱甘肽存在下光诱导所产生的甲素 半醒自由基的衰变特点.     

丝裂霉素C还原代谢机理研究

采用光谱电化学方法,结合循环伏安法、紫外-可见光谱、圆二色光谱等多种手段,提出了丝裂霉素C(MMC)的还原代谢机制。其还原活化为MMC首先从电极上得到一个电子,形成半醌自由基,随后脱去甲氧基形成吲哚半醌自由基,接着环乙亚胺基水解开环,最后吲哚半醌自由基歧化得到吲哚醌和吲哚氢醌。     

彩色显影剂CD-4质子化常数和半醌摩尔吸光系数的测定

对苯二胺类彩色显影剂(PPD_s)经两步电子转移依次生成半醌自由基(SQDI_s)和醌二亚胺(QDI_s)^[1]。     

某些还原性生物分子对竹红菌甲素敏化产生^1O~2的抑制作用

存在还原性的生物分手如甲硫氨酸、尿酸和还原性谷胱甘肽时,竹红菌甲素经受单电子还原形成甲素的半醌自由基、在去氧溶液中观察到了甲素半醌负离子自由基的ESR信号.在充氧的溶液中检测到了超氧负离子自由基.还原剂的存在降低了单重态氧的生成并引起了超氧负离子自由基的生成.     

某些还原性生物分子对竹红菌甲素敏化产生^1O~2的抑制作用

存在还原性的生物分子如甲硫氨酸、尿酸和 还原性谷胱甘肽时,竹红菌甲素经受单电子还原形成甲素的半醌自由基、在去氧溶液中观察到了 甲素半醌负离子自由基的ESR信号.在充氧的溶液中检测到了超氧负离子自由基.还原剂的存在降低了单重态氧的生成并引起超氧负离子自由基的生成.     

光解苯半醌和2-羟基-2-丙基自由基的CIDEP谱

用高时间分辨ＥＳＲ波谱仪测量了光解苯半醌和２－羟基－２－丙基自由基的ＣＩＤＥＰ谱,苯半醌自由基的ＣＩＤＥＰ属ＴＭ机理,实验研究了微波功率,溶液浓度对苯半醌自由基的ＣＩＤＥＰ谱时间演化的影响,２－羟基－２－丙基自由基的ＣＩＤＥＰ属ＲＰＭ机理,实验研究了自旋极化的生成环境。     

竹红菌甲素敏化氧化还原型谷胱甘肽中的类型Ⅰ和类型Ⅱ反应

本文研究了竹红菌甲素和还原型谷胱甘肽(GluSH)间的光诱导氧化还原作用。甲素是3,10-二羟基-4,10-苝醌衍生物。在GluSH作为电子给体时,甲素经受可见光诱导的单电子还原,生成年醌自由基或二氢甲素,取决于pH值,同时GluSH被氧化。甲素的单电子还原量子效率随pH值增加而增加。在充氧溶液中甲素敏化氧化GluSH的反应通过类型Ⅰ和Ⅱ的混合机制进行。用ESR检测到了通过Fenton反应产生的羟基自由基。在脂质体包裹的甲素溶液中用动力学测定方法证明了甲素敏化GluSH的氧化是通过类型Ⅱ机制进行的。     

肉桂酸类抗氧化剂结构—活性关系研究

利用邻菲罗啉化学发光法研究了中草药有效成分氯原酸、连翘酯甙等肉桂酸类抗氧化剂对HO·的清除作用。量子化学计算[3-21G、B3LYP/6-31G(d)]对实验结果给予了合理的解释。 计算结果显示抗氧化剂形成半醌式自由基前后的能量之差(ΔE)能较好地衡量其活性的高低;抗氧化剂半醌式自由基与邻位取代基形成分子内氢键或通过共振形成邻苯醌可使内能降低,半醌式自由基更稳定;脱氢酚羟基的对位含有给电子取代基团时,可使半醌式自由基易形成并提高其稳定性。     

阿霉素的光谱电化学研究

利用循环伏安、紫外可见光谱电化学、荧光光谱电化学、圆二色光谱电化学等方法研究了阿霉素(ADM)在石墨电极上的电化学行为.结果发现,阿霉素在+0.2～+0.7V和-0.2～-0.7V范围内分别出现一对氧化还原峰.正电位下,蒽环上的酚羟基发生单电子氧化,并伴随后续化学反应.负电位范围内,阿霉素经历ECE电极反应过程,即蒽醌经单电子还原生成半醌自由基,半醌可发生不可逆的化学反应,脱去配氧糖基,转变为7-去氧柔毛霉醌(7-deoxyadriamycinone),后者在更负的电位下形成一对可逆的新的氧化还原峰.     

致癌性卤代醌与有机氢过氧化物不依赖金属分解的分子机制及其潜在生物学意义

卤代醌是一类具有致癌活性的化合物.最近,它们作为氯代消毒副产物在饮用水中被检测到.有机氢过氧化物(ROOH)可通过自由基和酶促反应氧化多不饱和脂肪酸产生.先前的研究表明,ROOH可被过渡金属催化分解产生烷氧自由基,从而启动脂质过氧化或进一步分解生成α,β-不饱和醛.然而,目前还不清楚卤代醌能否不依赖过渡金属离子与ROOH以类似方式生成烷氧自由基.综合采用电子自旋共振-自旋捕获、高分辨液相色谱质谱联用及其他分析方法,结果发现,2,5-二氯-1,4-苯醌(DCBQ)可显著增强典型的有机氢过氧化物叔丁基过氧化氢(t-BuO OH)分解,以不依赖金属离子的方式生成叔丁氧自由基.在以上发现的基础上,我们检测和鉴定出一类新型的以碳为中心的醌酮自由基,其是我们之前推测的以氧为中心的醌氧自由基的自旋异构体.我们进而将研究扩展到更具生理意义的内源性脂质氢过氧化物13-过氧羟基-9,11-十八碳二烯酸(13-HPODE)中,发现DCBQ也可以显著增加13-HPODE的分解,产生脂质烷基自由基和具有基因毒性的4-羟基-2-壬烯醛.其他卤代醌也具有类似作用.研究表明,致癌性卤代醌能通过一类新型的不依赖于金属离子的亲核取代和均裂分解的机制,促进有机氢过氧化物分解并生成具有较强反应活性的烷氧、醌酮和脂质烷基自由基,及具有基因毒性的4-羟基-2-壬烯醛.以上研究结果可部分解释卤代醌及其酚类前驱物为何具有潜在的基因毒性和致癌性.     

Kinetics of the interaction of ketyl and semiquinone radicals with dioxygen. Concerted electron and proton transfer involving ketyl and semiquinone radicals

Kinetics of the interaction of ketyl and neutral semiquinone radicals with dioxygen was studied by the flash photolysis technique. The reactivity of neutral semiquinone radicals in the transfer of a hydrogen atom to O₂ is lower than that of ketyl radicals and increases as the reduction ability of the radicals increases, which give evidence for the charge transfer from the radicals to O₂ in the transition state of the reaction. The deuterium kinetic isotope effect of the reaction (up to 2.6) suggests considerable weakening of the O−H bond of the seminquinone radical in the transition state. A cyclic structure of the transition state similar to that in the reactions of ketyl radicals with hydrogen atom acceptors is proposed. In aprotic volvents, solvation has essentially no effect on the reactivity of neutral anthrasemiquinone radicals up to solvent nucleophilicityB≈240. In solvents with higher nucleophilicity and in protic solvents, their reactivity drops sharply. Hydrogen atom transfer reactions involving ketyl and neutral semiquinone radicals are shown to involve concerted electron and proton transfers, and to have transition states in which the partial transfer of an electron and a proton from the ketyl or semiquinone radical to an acceptor occurs. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1131–1137, June, 1997.     

Pulse radiolysis studies of vitaminK1 in an aqueous–organic mixed solvent

Pulse radiolysis studies of VK₁ were carried out in a nitrogen-saturated aqueous–isopropanol–acetone mixed solvent. We studied the spectroscopic characteristics of semiquinone radicals of VK₁ and determined the kinetic parameters of formation and decay of the species. It was found that the decay process of semiquinone radicals of VK₁ was according to a first-order reaction, this was different from the case in ethanol solution, possible reasons were also analyzed.     

Chemical and photochemical electron transfer of new helianthrone derivatives: aspects of their photodynamic activity

Helianthrones 2-4 are a new class of synthetic photosensitizers, which have a molecular skeleton related to that of hypericin. We established that irradiation of heliantrones with visible light leads to the formation of semiquinone radicals and reactive oxygen species. The structures of the paramagnetic anion species produced by electron transfer were calculated on the density functional level and investigated by cyclovoltammetry, UV/vis, and EPR/ENDOR spectroscopy. As with hypericin, the pi system of the helianthrones was found to be considerably deviated from planarity, and, upon electron transfer, deprotonation in the bay region occurs. The structure of the semiquinone radicals was found to be identical in THF, DMF, and aqueous buffered solutions regardless of the means by which reduction was achieved. Semiquinone radicals can be formed via self-electron transfer between the excited state and the ground state or via electron transfer from an electron donor to the excited state of helianthrone. Therefore, the presence of an electron donor significantly enhanced the photogeneration of semiquinone and superoxide radical. The kinetic studies showed that no significant photochemical destruction of helianthrones occurred upon irradiation. Generation of superoxide and singlet oxygen upon irradiation of helianthrones was established by spin trapping techniques. This shows that both type I and type II mechanisms are of importance for the photodynamic action of these compounds.     

ESR study of kinetic acidity of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-4-triphenylmethylphenoxyl

Thermodynamic and kinetic acidities of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-4-triphenylmethylphenoxyl during its interaction with triethylamine in toluene have been studied by ESR. It has been shown that the protolysis of this radical is a two-pathway process, since tautomeric transitions, i.e. ammonium ion migration between oxygen atoms of the semiquinone radical anion, have been detected in the reaction products, that is, in contact ion pairs of the corresponding semiquinone radicals.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No 1, pp. 81–84, January, 1993.     

Disproportionation of 2,5-dichlorosemiquinone radicals in benzene according to unsteady-state kinetic data for the chain reaction between 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone and <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-diphenyl-1,4-benzoquinone diimine

A method for determining the rate constant of disproportionation of 2,5-dichlorosemiquinone radicals (k ₆) from unsteady-state kinetic data for the initiated chain reaction of N,N′-diphenyl-1,4-benzoquinone diimine with 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone have been developed, and two variants of this method are presented. The method is based on the study of the unsteady-state disappearance kinetics of one of the initial reactants (quinone diimine) in its initiated chain reaction with hydroquinone. The unsteadiness of the reaction is due to the presence of semiquinone radicals or initiator radicals accumulated before the start of the reaction at a concentration exceeding the steady-state concentration of semiquinone radicals in the chain reaction. The variants of the method differ in the order of mixing the reactants and initiator, on which the nature and concentration of the radicals accumulated in the system before the reaction depend. In the first variant, a quinone diimine + initiator solution is initially prepared and initiator radicals are accumulated. Hydroquinone is added to this solution (start of the reaction). In the second variant, a hydroquinone + initiator solution is initially prepared and semiquinone radicals from hydroquinone are accumulated. Quinone imine is then added to the solution (start of the reaction). The disproportionation rate constant of semiquinone radicals (k ₆) is derived from the dependence of the decrease in the quinone imine concentration in a certain short time (∼20 s) after the start of the reaction on the initiation rate. The rate constant k ₆ in benzene is (7.3 ± 3.7) × 10⁶ l mol⁻¹ s⁻¹ according to the first variant of the method and (5.0 ± 2.2) × 10⁶ l mol⁻¹ s⁻¹ according to the second one.     

Theoretical studies of electron and hydrogen transfer reactions between semiquinone radicals and oxygen

 To explore the interactions between ubiquinones and oxygen in living organisms, the thermodynamics of a series of electron and hydrogen transfer reactions between semiquinone radicals, as well as their corresponding protonated forms, and oxygen, singlet or triplet, were studied using the hybrid Hartree–Fock–density functional theory method Becke's three parameter hybrid method with the Lee, Yang, and Parr correlation functional. Effects of the solvent and of the isoprenyl tail on the electron and hydrogen transfer reactions were also investigated. It is found that semiquinone radicals (semiquinone anion radicals or protonated semiquinone radicals) cannot react with triplet oxygen to form the superoxide anion radical O₂ ⁻. In contrast, neutral quinones can scavenge O₂ ⁻ efficiently. In the gas phase, only protonated semiquinone radicals can react spontaneously with singlet oxygen to produce peroxyl radical (HO₂). However, both semiquinone anion radicals and protonated semiquinone radicals can react with singlet oxygen to produce harmful oxygen radicals (O₂ ^{− a l l b u l l} and HO₂, respectively) in aqueous and protein environments. The free-energy changes of the corresponding reactions obtained for different ubiquinone systems are very similar. It clearly shows that the isoprenyl tail does not influence the electron and hydrogen transfer reactions between semiquinone radicals and oxygen significantly. Results of electron affinities, vertical ionization potentials, and proton affinities also show that the isoprenyl tail has no substantial effect on the electronic properties of ubiquinones. Received: 3 July 2000 / Accepted: 6 September 2000 / Published online: 21 December 2000     

One-electron reduction of 9, 10-anthraquinone, 1-amino-9, 10-anthraquinone and 1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone in aqueous-isopropanol-acetone mixed solvent: A pulse radiolysis study

The semiquinone radicals produced by one-electron reduction of 9, 10-anthraquinone, 1-amino-9, 10-anthraquinone and 1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone have been characterized in aqueous-organic mixed solvent comprising of 30.2 mol dm⁻³ water, 5 mol dm⁻³ isopropanol and 1 mol dm⁻³ acetone, using the pulse radiolysis technique. Spectroscopic characteristics, the kinetic parameters of formation and decay and one acid dissociation constants of the semiquinones and one-electron reduction potentials of the quinones have been estimated. The characteristics of the present semiquinone systems have been compared with those of other similar systems. The observed differences in characteristics of the semiquinones due to different substitutions have been analysed.     

Chlorination increases the persistence of semiquinone free radicals derived from polychlorinated biphenyl hydroquinones and quinones

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) comprise a group of persistent organic pollutants that differ significantly in their physicochemical properties, their persistence, and their biological activities. They can be metabolized via hydroxylated and dihydroxylated metabolites to PCB quinone intermediates. We have recently demonstrated that both dihydroxy PCBs and PCB quinones can form semiquinone radicals (SQ(*-)) in vitro. These semiquinone radicals are reactive intermediates that have been implicated in the toxicity of lower chlorinated PCB congeners. Here we describe the synthesis of selected PCB metabolites with differing degrees of chlorination on the oxygenated phenyl ring, e.g., 4,4'-dichloro-biphenyl-2,5-diol, 3,6,4'-trichloro-biphenyl-2,5-diol, 3,4,6,-trichloro-biphenyl-2,5-diol, and their corresponding quinones. In addition, two chlorinated o-hydroquinones were prepared, 6-chloro-biphenyl-3,4-diol and 6,4'-dichloro-biphenyl-3,4-diol. These PCB (hydro-)quinones readily react with oxygen or via comproportionation to yield the corresponding semiquinone free radicals, as detected by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR alias ESR). The greater the number of chlorines on the (hydro-)quinone (oxygenated) ring, the higher the steady-state level of the resulting semiquinone radical at near neutral pH.     

On the application of electron paramagnetic resonance in the study of naturally occurring quinones and quinols

From electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of numerous semiquinone anion radicals we propose that the spin density distributions in benzo-, naphtho- and anthrasemiquinones are changed under the influence of various substituent in a comparable fashion, electron donating substituents having the opposite effect of withdrawing ones. These findings facilitate the work in obtaining correct assignments, further leading to safe identification of new radicals. Semiquinone anion radicals of para- and ortho-hydroquinones are demonstrated to exist at physiological pH in buffered solutions under continuous access to molecular oxygen. Reaction schemes are proposed for the formation of primary and tertiary radicals and hydroxylated products of ten quinols. From studies on crude plant extracts are three quinols, known as precursors in the biogenesis of chimaphilin, observed and identified in Chimaphila umbellata. Other studies demonstrate the power of using semiquinone radicals as chemotaxonomic markers.     

Electron Spin Resonance Analysis of Semiquinone Free Radicals of Aquatic and Soil Fulvic and Humic Acids

Abstract

We analyzed the solid state and aqueous solution electron spin resonance (esr) spectra of Oyster River and Podzol soil fulvic and humic acids. Because the aqueous solution esr spectra mimic the behavior of the model compound para-benzosemiquinone, we conclude that semiquinone free radicals predominate in fulvic acid. In addition a decrease in spin concentration at a potential of 0.20 volts (vs. SCE) demonstrates that the semiquinone radicals are at least partially responsible for the reducing capability of humic materials. From the above results we devised a quantitative semiquinone analysis for humic materials.