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; Ikuta, Masato; Amamiya, Yoshiyuki; Nabeshima, Tatsuya Chemistry Letters, 1991 , # 3 p. 461 - 464

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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-