Spectrophotometric, EPR and kinetic characterisation of the >N-O* radical from 1-hydroxybenzotriazole, a key reactive species in mediated enzymatic oxidations

Carlo Galli; Patrizia Gentili; Osvaldo Lanzalunga; Marco Lucarini; Gian Franco Pedulli

doi:10.1039/b407835g

Spectrophotometric, EPR and kinetic characterisation of the >N-O* radical from 1-hydroxybenzotriazole, a key reactive species in mediated enzymatic oxidations

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Oct 21:(20):2356-7. doi: 10.1039/b407835g. Epub 2004 Sep 7.

Authors

Carlo Galli¹, Patrizia Gentili, Osvaldo Lanzalunga, Marco Lucarini, Gian Franco Pedulli

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 15490018
DOI: 10.1039/b407835g

Abstract

Characterisation of the aminoxyl (>N-O*) radical BTNO, generated from 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) by the one-electron oxidant CAN (a Ce(IV) salt), confirms BTNO as the reactive intermediate in oxidations run with the laccase/HBT system.

MeSH terms

Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Kinetics
Lasers
Nitriles / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Photolysis
Reactive Nitrogen Species / chemistry*
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

Nitriles
Reactive Nitrogen Species
benzonitrile