Remote Stereoelectronic Effects in Pyrrolidone- and Caprolactam-Substituted Phenols: Discrepancies in Antioxidant Properties Evaluated by Electrochemical Oxidation and H-Atom Transfer Reactivity
Remote Stereoelectronic Effects in Pyrrolidone- and Caprolactam-Substituted Phenols: Discrepancies in Antioxidant Properties Evaluated by Electrochemical Oxidation and H-Atom Transfer Reactivity
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.2c00207
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发表时间:
2022-04-15
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3.6
通讯作者:
Syroeshkin, Mikhail A.
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作者:
Akyeva, Anna Ya;Kansuzyan, Artem, V;Syroeshkin, Mikhail A.
New antioxidants are commonly evaluated via two main approaches, i.e.,the ability to donate an electron and the ability to intercept free radicals. We comparedthese approaches by evaluating the properties of 11 compounds containing bothantioxidant moieties (mono- and polyphenols) and auxiliary pharmacophores(pyrrolidone and caprolactam). Several common antioxidants, such as butylatedhydroxytoluene (BHT), 2,3,5-trimethylphenol (TMP), quercetin, and dihydroquerce-tin, were added for comparison. The antioxidant properties of these compounds weredetermined by their rates of reaction with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicaland their oxidation potentials from cyclic voltammetry. Although these methods test different chemical properties, their resultscorrelate reasonably well. However, several exceptions exist where the two methods give opposite predictions! One of them is thedifferent behavior of mono- and polyphenols: polyphenols can react with DPPH more than an order of magnitude faster thanmonophenols of a similar oxidation potential. The second exception stems from the size of a"bystander"lactam ring at the benzylicposition. Although the phenols with a seven-membered lactam ring are harder to oxidize, the sterically nonhindered compoundsreact with DPPH about 2xfaster than the analogousfive-membered lactams. The limitations of computational methods, especiallythose based on a single parameter, are also evaluated and discussed