Oxidation-active flavin models: Oxidation of α-hydroxy acids by benzo-dipteridine bearing metal-binding site in the presence of divalent metal ion and base in organic …

…, S Kondo, T Nabeshima, Y Yano

Index: Yano, Yumihiko; Ohshima, Masashi; Yatsu, Isao; Sutoh, Susumu; Vasquez, Rafael E.; et al. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2: Physical Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1985 , p. 753 - 758

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Abstract

The oxidizing ability of benzo-dipteridine bearing a bipyridin-6-ylmethyl moiety (4) was found to be increased with Zn2+ by~ 103-fold for sulfite addition in MeOH and~ 102-fold for oxidation of an NADH model in MeCN. It was found for the first time that 4 is able to oxidize α-