Reaction between peroxynitrite and boronates: EPR spin-trapping, HPLC Analyses, and quantum mechanical study of the free radical pathway.

ABSTRACT: Recently, we showed that peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) reacts directly and rapidly with aromatic and aliphatic boronic acids (k ≈ 10(6) M(-1)s(-1)). Product analyses and substrate consumption data indicated that ONOO(-) reacts stoichiometrically with boronates, yielding the corresponding phenols as the major product (∼85-90%), and the remaining products (10-15%) were proposed to originate from free radical intermediates (phenyl and phenoxyl radicals). Here, we investigated in detail the minor, free radical pathway of boronate reaction with ONOO(-). The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin-trapping technique was used to characterize the free radical intermediates formed from the reaction between boronates and ONOO(-). Using 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane (MNP) and 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1

SUBMITTER: Sikora A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3743543 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature