1. Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China 2. Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Abstract:
One-electron oxidation of N-4-desmethylwyosine (dYt), a derivative of rare tricyclic nucleoside wyosine with several oxidative radicals, has been studied by using pulse radiolysis. The transient spectra of the radicals dYt˙+ and dYt(-H)˙ and the pKa of the radical cation were measured. The rate constants of reactions of dYt with SO4˙? and CO3˙? radicals have been determined and related reaction mechanisms were discussed.