Sterically hindered aromatic compounds. VIII. Comparative photochemistry of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butyl- and 2,5-tert-butylnitrosobenzenes

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (20) ◽  
pp. 2665-2672 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Ross C. Barclay ◽  
Derek Leigh Carson ◽  
Jean A. Gray ◽  
Michael Grossman ◽  
Prabhaker G. Khazanie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Complex Mixture ◽  
Radical Reactions ◽  
Product Analysis ◽  
Free Radical Reactions ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Conformational Effects

Ultraviolet irradiation of hydrocarbon solutions of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylnitrosobenzene (1) formed [Formula: see text] The initial products were 2-methyl-1-nitroso-2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl)-phenylpropane (Ar—C(CH3)2CH2NO)2 (3) and a mixed dimer (4). Secondary and minor photoproducts isolated included 2-methyl-2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl)phenylpropanal oxime (5), 2-methyl-2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl)phenylpropanal (6) derived from 5, and 1,3,5-tri-tert-butylbenzene (7). The initial products are explained by formation of a tri-tert-butylphenyl radical (15), rearrangement of a hydrogen atom from an orthotert-butyl to the ring in 15, and rapid recombination of the neophyl radical with nitric oxide. Photolysis of 2,5-di-tert-butylnitrosobenzene (2) initially gave [Formula: see text] (10). Product analysis indicated a comparatively complex mixture including 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene (11), 2,5-di-tert-butylphenol (12), and 2,5-di-tert-butylanilino-p-(2,5-di-tert-butyl)quinone (13). Evidence indicates that 12 and 13 form from free radical reactions involving 10 and the 2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl radical. The different photochemistry of 1 and 2 is discussed in terms of differential steric and conformational effects on the nitroso function which also is evident in their ultraviolet spectra.

Intensity of free-radical reactions in metastasizing cervical cancer.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17508-e17508
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Chernikova ◽  
Irina A. Goroshinskaya ◽  
Elena M. Frantsiyants ◽  
Ekaterina V. Verenikina ◽  
Yuriy A. Poryvaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Blood Plasma ◽  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
Oxidative Modification ◽  
Radical Reactions ◽  
Free Radical Reactions ◽  
Blood Plasma Proteins

e17508 Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the main causes of death among patients with gynecological tumors. As a rule, patients die from relapses and metastases which rates reach 30-45%. According to research data, treatment of patients with distant metastases is ineffective, and half of them die within 9.7 months, while the average survival is 15.9±0.26 months. The development of many pathological processes is considered to be associated with an increase in free-radical reactions leading to oxidative damage to various biomolecules. The purpose of the study was to analyze some characteristics of the free-radical oxidation and antioxidant defence in metastasizing CC. Methods: The study included 56 patients aged 29-73 years with stage IIB-IV CC after antitumor treatment. The main group – 27 patients who developed metastases within 4 months to 8 years after the CC diagnosis; controls – 29 patients with non-metastatic CC; donors – 19 healthy women aged 27-61 years. The accumulation of carbonyl derivatives in blood plasma proteins was detected in the reaction with 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. The induced oxidative modification of proteins was stimulated with Fenton's reagent. Free-radical processes was evaluated by the intensity of peroxide-induced luminol-dependent plasma chemiluminescence and the content of nitric oxide metabolites; the intensity of lipid peroxidation - by the content of malondialdehyde (MDA); the activity of catalase and ceruloplasmin was also studied. Results: CC progression was accompanied by increasing lipid peroxidation and spontaneous oxidation of blood plasma proteins. MDA levels in patients with metastases increased by 57.8% compared to donors and by 34.3% compared to patients without metastases (p < 0.05). The concentration of 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrozones increased on average by 4 times compared to donors and by almost 2 times compared to patients without metastases. Patients with metastasizing CC demonstrated elevated levels of products of the interaction of nitric oxide and its derivatives with proteins and peptides - 3-nitrotyrosine and nitrosoglutathione, compared to both donors (by 31.4% and 55.3%) and patients in remission (by 38.1% and 34.5%). Chemiluminescence activity increased by 54.5% compared to donors (p < 0.05) and by 93% (p < 0.01) compared to controls. Catalase activity in the blood plasma of patients with metastases increased by 54.1% compared to donors, but was lower than the values in the control group (by 22.1%). Ceruloplasmin activity was increased only in patients without metastases (by 33%). Conclusions: The process of CC metastasis is accompanied by a greater intensity of oxidative processes of both proteins and lipids, as well as depletion of the adaptive capabilities of the body's antioxidant system.

Anisole nitration during gamma-irradiation of aqueous nitrite and nitrate solutions: free radical versus ionic mechanisms

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gracy Elias ◽  
Bruce J. Mincher ◽  
Stephen P. Mezyk ◽  
Thomas D. Cullen ◽  
Leigh R. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Condensed Phase ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Nitrous Acid ◽  
Radical Reactions ◽  
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution ◽  
Aromatic Substitution ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Free Radical Reactions

Environmental context. The nitration of aromatic compounds is an important source of toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic species in the atmosphere. Gas phase nitration typically occurs by free radical reactions. Condensed-phase free radical reactions may also be relevant in fog and cloud water in polluted areas, in urban aerosols with low pH, in water treatment using advanced oxidation processes such as e-beam irradiation, and in nuclear waste treatment applications. This paper discusses research towards an improved understanding of nitration of aromatic compounds in the condensed phase under conditions conducive to free radical formation. Abstract. In the irradiated, acidic condensed phase, radiation-enhanced nitrous acid-catalysed, nitrosonium ion, electrophilic aromatic substitution followed by oxidation reactions dominated over radical addition reactions for anisole. This ionic mechanism would predominate in urban atmospheric aerosols and nuclear fuel dissolutions. Irradiated neutral nitrate anisole solutions were dominated by mixed nitrosonium/nitronium ion electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, but with lower product yields. Solutions such as these might be encountered in water treatment by e-beam irradiation. Irradiation of neutral nitrite anisole solutions resulted in a statistical substitution pattern for nitroanisole products, suggesting non-electrophilic free radical reactions involving the •NO2 radical. Although often proposed as an atmospheric nitrating agent, NO2 radical is unlikely to have an important effect in the acidic condensed phase in the presence of more reactive, competing species such as nitrous acid.

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