Oxidation of 1, 2, 4, 5-tetramethoxybenzene to a cation radical by cytochrome P450

H Sato, FP Guengerich

Index: Sato, Hideaki; Guengerich, F. Peter Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000 , vol. 122, # 33 p. 8099 - 8100

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Abstract

Cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes are found throughout nature and are of interest because of their ability to catalyze various oxidations, including those at chemically inert sites such as unactivated methyl groups. 1 A number of mechanistic possibilities have been presented, including mobile oxygen species and several high-valent Fe complexes, but the most generally accepted view is that an FeIV) O porphyrin radical is usually the oxidant. 1a, d, 2 ...