A CIDEP and fluorescence study of the oxidation of vitamin E: The vitamin E radical cation |
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Authors: | M.C. Depew M.T. Craw K. MacCormick J.K.S. Wan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abstract: | The photochemical and thermal oxidations of vitamin E in trifluoroacetic acid were investigated by the combination of electron spin resonance, chemically induced dynamic electron polarization, and fluorescence techniques. Two independent thermal pathways led to the formation of the vitamin E radical cation in which one of the paths involved the intermediate neutral semiquinone radical. Photo-oxidation, however, did not involve the neutral radicals. The fluorescence spectra of both the neutral and the charged forms of the vitamin E radicals are reported here for the first time. Some model charge transfer reactions involving the vitamin E radical cation were reported. |
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Keywords: | Vitamin E radical cation ESR CIDEP fluorescence. |
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