The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Reduction of vicinal tricarbonyl compounds by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide model and electron-transport systems

T Endo, M Okawara

Index: Endo, Takeshi; Okawara, Makoto Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 45, # 13 p. 2663 - 2666

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Abstract

The redmtion of vicinal tricarbonyl compounds such as alloxan (A) and ninhydrin (NY) with 1- benzyl-l, 4-dihydronicotinamide (BNAH; NADH model) was investigated. In the reduction of A with BNAH, the radical anion (A--P: y+) of A as the 1-benzyl-3-carbamoylpyridinium salt and the dialuric acid (D) was obtained by one-electron and two-electron reduction, respectively. Similarly, hydrindantin (HDT) and 2-hydroxy-l, 3-indandione (HID) were also ...