ESR spectra of superoxide anion-scandium complexes detectable in fluid solution
ESR spectra of superoxide anion-scandium complexes detectable in fluid solution
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DOI:
10.1021/ja981289b
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发表时间:
1999-02-24
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15
通讯作者:
Itoh, S
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作者:
Fukuzumi, S;Patz, M;Itoh, S
The most definitive detection of superoxide anion O2-, which is of considerable importance in living systems, 1 has been made by the ESR spectrum which gives a characteristic two-line highly anisotropic signal due to the large spin-orbit coupling of oxygen in frozen media containing aprotic solvents or on various solid oxide surfaces at 77 K. 2-4 However, the disadvantage of the ESR detection of O2-is the significant line broadening resulting from fast relaxation because of the quenching of the orbital angular momentum by fluctuating solvent interactions or orbital degeneracy which has precluded the detection in fluid solution particularly at higher temperatures. 5, 6 Thus, no ESR spectra of O2-have so far been reported in fluid solution at room temperature. 7We report herein that the isotropic ESR spectra of O2-can be obtained successfully in solution at temperatures much higher than the melting point of aprotic solvents even at 60 C when O2-forms a 1: 1 complex with scandium ion. The superhyperfine splitting due to the scandium nucleus and the hyperfine coupling of oxygen enriched in 17O provide valuable information about the structure of the O2--Sc3+ complex in solution. The dimeric 1-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotinamide [(BNA) 2], which can act as a unique two-electron donor, 8 is used as an electron source to reduce O2 to O2-photochemically. As shown in Scheme