0000000000352531
AUTHOR
Seppo Kasa
Hyperfine couplings ofN-alkoxy-N-polynitrophenylaminyl radicals determined by ENDOR and TRIPLE resonance spectroscopy
Lead tetraacetate one-electron oxidation of nine different N-alkoxy-2,6-dinitroanilines substituted with trifluoromethyl, methyl and nitro groups in position 4 yielded aminyl radicals for which hyperfine couplings were measured by ENDOR and TRIPLE resonance spectroscopy. The optimum temperature range for proton ENDOR and general TRIPLE resonance measurements of aminyl radicals was 210–250 K and for nitrogen ENDOR 260 K in toluene. Further lowering for the temperature rapidly decreased the EPR intensity. The concentration of the sample and the amount of oxidant were optimized for obtaining ENDOR spectra. The relative signs of the hyperfine couplings of nitrogens, fluorines and protons were d…
EPR, ENDOR and TRIPLE Resonance and MO Studies on Ubiquinones (Q-n): Comparison of Radical Anions and Cations of Coenzymes Q-10 and Q-6 with the Model Compounds Q-2 and Q-0.
Radical anions and cations of the biologically important coenzymes Q-6 and Q-10, which have 6 and 10 unsaturated isoprene units in their side chains, respectively, have been generated in various solvents, and the results compared with those obtained for Q-0, a ubiquinone with no isoprene units, and for decylubiquinone Q-2 which has a saturated side chain. Hyperfine splitting constants (hfsc) of methyl and methoxy protons of the substituents in the quinone ring, and beta and gamma protons of the side chain were measured by EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy for both the radical anions and cations of Q-0, Q-6 and Q-10, and for the radical anion of Q-2. The relative signs of the hfsc were determined b…