Electron-Transfer Properties of Active Aldehydes of Thiamin Coenzyme Models, and Mechanism of Formation of the Reactive Intermediates
作者:Ikuo Nakanishi、Shinobu Itoh、Shunichi Fukuzumi
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19991001)5:10<2810::aid-chem2810>3.0.co;2-f
日期:1999.10.1
The active aldehydes 2a-c(-) derived from the reaction of 3-benzylthiazolium salts (1a(+): 3-benzyl-4-methylthiazolium bromide, 1b(+): 3-benzyl-4;5-dimethyIthiazolium bromide, 1c(+): 3-benzylthiazolium bromide) with o-tolualdehyde in the presence of DBU (1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene) are stable in deaerated MeCN at 298 K because of the steric bulkiness of the o-methyl group, which prohibits benzoin condensation with a second aldehyde molecule. The one-electron oxidation of fourteen different active aldehydes (2a-n(-)) derived from various aldehydes occurs at -0.98 to -0.77 V vs. SCE in deaerated MeCN at 298 or 233 K and leads to formation of the corresponding radical intermediates (2a-n(.)), which have been characterized by electron spin resonance (ESR spectroscopy. The rapid rates of electron exchange between 2a-c(-) and 2a-c(.) were determined by the linewidth variations of the ESR spectra of 2a-c(.) in the presence of different concentrations of 2a-c(-), demonstrating the efficient electron-transfer properties of the active aldehydes. The electron transfer from 2a(-) to an outer-sphere one-electron oxidant, [Co-II(phen)(3)](2+) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), whose one-electron reduction potential (E-red(o) = -0.97 V) is about the same as the one-electron oxidation potential of 2a(-) (E-ox(o) = -0.96 V), occurs efficiently to yield the corresponding Co-I complex. The observed rate constants for formation of [Co-I(phen)(3)]' agree with those for formation of the active aldehyde examined independently. This agreement indicates that rate-determining formation of 2a(-), which is a very strong reductant, precedes the highly efficient electron transfer from 2a(-) to [Co-II(phen)(3)](2+).