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Oxidation vs. fragmentation in radiosensitization. Reactions of α-alkoxyalkyl radicals with 4-nitrobenzonitrile and oxygen. A pulse radiolysis and product analysis study
Nese, Chandrasekhar,Schuchmann, Man Nien,Steenken, Steen,Sonntag, Clemens von
, p. 1037 - 1044 (2007/10/02)
α-Monoalkoxyalkyl radicals produced from 1,4-dioxane (100percent), 1,3-dioxane (56percent), tetrahydrofuran (92percent) and dimethyl ether (100percent) by H-abstraction by hydroxyl radicals generated in the radiolysis of water were found to react with 4-nitrobenzonitrile (NBN) by addition to give N-alkoxyaminoxyl-type radicals, which have absorption maxima at about 310 nm and decay very slowly (k = 0.4 - 1.0 s-1).On the other hand, the reaction of the α-dialkoxyalkyl radical, 1,3-dioxan-2-yl 3 with NBN leads to the rapid formation of the radical anion NBN.The N-alkoxyaminoxyl-type radicals (A in the case of 1,4-dioxane and D in the case of dimethyl ether) react with ascorbate (k ca. 2*104 dm3 mol-1 s-1).They have a very low reactivity with oxygen (k 3 dm3 mol-1 s-1 in the case of tetrahydrofuran).On the other hand, they are rapidly reduced by NBN radical anion (k ca. 109 dm3 mol-1 s-1 as observed with A and with B derived from 1,3-dioxane).The products -7 mol J-1> in the γ-radiolysis of N2O-saturated solution of 1,4-dioxane in the presence of NBN are 1,4-dioxan-2-one (0.3), 2-hydroxy-1,4-dioxane (2.5), ethane-1,2-diol monoformate (2.1), ethane-1,2-diol diformate (0.7), formaldehyde (2.1), 4-nitrosobenzonitrile and other reduction products of 4-nitrobenzonitrile.These products are accounted for as resulting from the fragmentation of the aminoxyl radical A by (a) heterolysis of the C-O bond (45percent leading to the one-electron oxidation of the 1,4-dioxan-2-yl radical) and (b) homolysis of the N-O bond (55percent leading to the formation of the 1,4-dioxan-2-oxyl radical which undergoes further fragmentation.The products from the reaction of methoxymethyl radicals with NBN under γ-radiolysis conditions are formaldehyde (5.7), methanol (2.5) and methyl formate (1.3).It is concluded that also in this case the decay of the aminoxyl radical D occurs by two pathways: the heterolysis route (46percent) and the homolysis route (54percent).In the presence of oxygen the 1,4-dioxan-2-yl radicals are converted into the corresponding peroxyl radicals.Their bimolecular decay (2k = 2.0*108 dm3 mol-1 s-1) yields the same products as in the case of NBN (albeit with a different product distribution and the formation of some peroxides): 1,4-dioxan-2-one (0.4), 2-hydroxy-1,4-dioxane (0.4), ethane-1,2-diol monoformate (0.6), ethane-1,2-diol diformate (2.8) and formaldehyde (0.6).These results indicate that fragmentation reactions involving the carbon-skeleton of organic radicals are important not only in the case of peroxyl radicals but they can also be induced by nitroaromatic sensitizers.In cells, reduction of the long-lived sensitizer adduct radicals by reducing agents such as ascorbate to give (toxic) hydroxylamine type products may compete with the homolytic or heterolytic fragmentation of the N-alkoxyaminoxyl radicals.
