Lifetime of Veratryl Alcohol Radical Cation Electrogenerated in Acetonitrile

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-ya Kishioka ◽  
Akifumi Yamada

2002 ◽  
Vol 293 (2) ◽  
pp. 832-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Baciocchi ◽  
Massimo Bietti ◽  
Maria Francesca Gerini ◽  
Osvaldo Lanzalunga


1995 ◽  
Vol 270 (28) ◽  
pp. 16745-16748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis P. Candeias ◽  
Patricia J. Harvey




Ligninase is an extracellular peroxidase produced by several species of white-rot fungi. It is able to oxidize methoxylated substrates to radical cation intermediates that can undergo C—H or C—C bond cleavage, thereby providing the basis for the oxidation of veratryl alcohol or degradation of lignin model compounds respectively. In some cases, the radical cation intermediate can act as an oxidant, accepting an electron from a suitable donor. It can thus function as a mediator, causing oxidation in a polymer not immediately accessible to the enzyme. This could be important in the degradation of natural lignocellulose substrates. However, the removal of a single electron by a mediator would leave a radical in the polymer. We propose that oxygen will bind to this radical to generate active oxygen species. This provides a potential mechanism for the auto-oxidation of lignin at a distance from the enzyme. A scheme is presented to account for the observation that ligninase can open the ring of veratryl alcohol.





1988 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Söderholm ◽  
J. Hellberg ◽  
G. Ahlgren ◽  
M. Krebs ◽  
J.U. von Schütz ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 3085-3088
Author(s):  
Carmen Eugenia Stavarache ◽  
Yasuaki Maeda ◽  
Mircea Vinatoru

Neat nitrobenzene was continuously irradiated at two ultrasonic frequencies: 40 and 200 kHz, under air and argon atmosphere, respectively. Samples taken at intervals of 1, 5, 10 and 24 h were analyzed by GC-MS and decomposition products were identified. Possible reaction mechanisms are discussed. Presence of air as dissolved gas leads to oxygenated compounds such as 1,4-benzoquinone, 2,4-dinitrophenol, m-dinitrobenzene while argon inhibits the decomposition of nitrobenzene, especially at sonication times under 5 h. Based on the nature of the compounds identified we advanced a mechanism, involving a divergent splitting of unstable radical cation of NB in air and argon respectively. Thus, under air, the phenyl cation formation is preferred leading to 1,4-benzoquinone nitro-biphenyls and dinitrobenzene, while under argon, the phenyl radical formation seems to be favored, leading to phenol and diphenyl ether. The oxygenated compounds detected under argon clearly are a consequence of the nitro group splitting.



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