Electron ionization mass spectrometry of curcumin analogues: an olefin metathesis reaction in the fragmentation of radical cations
✍ Scribed by van Baar, Ben L. M.; Rozendal, Jelle; van der Goot, Henk
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-5174
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✦ Synopsis
The natural compound curcumin, used in cosmetics, traditional medicines and as a spice in food, is known as a multi-factorial anti-inÑammatory agent. To study the anti-inÑammatory activity of curcumin derivatives, 24 analogues were synthesized and their structures were conÐrmed by 1H NMR and electron ionization (EI) mass spectrometry. Most signals in the EI mass spectra can be attributed to commonly known fragmentations, but the formation of ring-substituted 1,2-diphenylethene (stilbene)-type radical cations, observed in the spectra of all compounds investigated and resulting in the base peak for some compounds, requires a peculiar rearrangement. Metastable ion spectra and 13C labelling studies show that the stilbene-type ions are formed directly from the molecular ions and contain the two original aryl groups and the 1 and 7 carbon atoms of the oleÐnic system. It is proposed that the formation of stilbene-type ions results from an intramolecular oleÐn metathesis reaction ; this suggestion is supported by semi-empirical (MNDO/PM3) calculations. 1998