4-Carboxybenzophenone-sensitized photooxidation of sulfur-containing amino acids in alkaline aqueous solutions. Secondary photoreactions kinetics

Journal Article · Thu Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100053a031· OSTI ID:5154275

Bobrowski, K; Hug, G L ^[1]; Marciniak, B ^[2]; Kozubek, H ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
2. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States) A. Mickiewicz Univ., Poznan (Poland)
3. A. Mickiewicz Univ., Poznan (Poland)

Sulfur-containing amino acids and alanine were oxidized via photosensitization by 4-carboxybenzophenone (CB) in alkaline aqueous solutions. The mechanism of this reaction was examined using steady-state and laser flash photolysis techniques. The rate constants were determined for the quenching of the CB triplet state by five sulfur-containing amino acids and alanine and were found to be approximately 10[sup 9] and 1.8 x 10[sup 8] M[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1], respectively. The observation of the (S therefore S)[sup +] radical cations of some of the amino acids showed that the quenching process involves an electron transfer from the sulfur atom to the triplet state of CB. A show process of formation of the ketyl radical anion occurring on the microsecond time scale was assigned to the one-electron reduction of CB by the [alpha]-aminoalkyl radicals that were formed earlier as a result of an intramolecular electron transfer from the carboxyl group to the sulfur-centered radical cation followed by decarboxylation. For thiaproline, the pseudo-first-order rate constant, k[prime][sub obs], which characterizes the slow process of secondary ketyl radical anion formation, is linearly dependent on the CB concentration over the pH region 9.4-13.4. A detailed mechanism for the primary and the secondary photoreduction of CB is proposed and discussed. 32 refs., 7 figs., 5 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 5154275
• Journal Information: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 98:2; ISSN 0022-3654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REDUCTION
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
ALANINES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
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RADICALS
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IONS
KETONES
KINETICS
LIPOTROPIC FACTORS
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