Free radical formation from anthracycline antitumour agents and model systems--I. Model naphthoquinones and anthraquinones.
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Paterson Laboratories, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 9BX, UKIssue Date
1984-02-01
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Several naphthoquinones and anthraquinones were chosen as simple models of the anthracycline drugs and their semiquinone radical anions were generated by various methods. With the exception of 1,4-naphthoquinone, all of the quinones studied gave radicals that were highly reactive with oxygen, but which, in its absence, were stable over a limited pH range. The radicals were studied using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and an examination was made of the effect on the distribution of the unpaired electron, of introducing various groups into the conjugated ring system. Hydroxyl groups capable of participating in strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding with neighbouring carbonyl groups had a marked influence on electron distribution and reduced the effects of intermolecular hydrogen bonding of the radicals with solvent molecules.Citation
Free radical formation from anthracycline antitumour agents and model systems--I. Model naphthoquinones and anthraquinones. 1984, 33 (3):379-85 Biochem PharmacolJournal
Biochemical PharmacologyDOI
10.1016/0006-2952(84)90229-6PubMed ID
6322802Type
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0006-2952EISSN
1873-2968ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/0006-2952(84)90229-6
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