Identifying the Intermediate in the Dioxygen Transfer from 4a-Hydroperoxyflavin Anion to Phenolate and Indole Anions

✍ Scribed by Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice

• Book ID: 102564915
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0045-2068
• DOI: 10.1006/bioo.1997.1075

✦ Synopsis

Semiempirical and ab initio molecular orbital methods are used to identify the plausible intermediate involved in dioxygen transfer from 4a-hydroperoxyflavin anion to phenolate and indole anions. According to the present study, both 4,4a-dioxetane and 4a,10-dioxetane derived from 4a-hydroperoxyflavin anion are the likely candidates.