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Zheng J, Kirkpatrick CL, Lee D, Han X, Martinez AI, Gallagher K, Evans RK, Mudur SV, Liang X, Drake J, Buhler LA, Mowery MD. A Full Evaporation Static Headspace Gas Chromatography Method with Nitrogen Phosphorous Detection for Ultrasensitive Analysis of Semi-volatile Nitrosamines in Pharmaceutical Products. AAPS J 2022; 24:23. [PMID: 34993666 PMCID: PMC8817102 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-021-00669-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The recent detection of potent carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities in several human medicines has triggered product recalls and interrupted the supply of critical medications for hundreds of millions of patients, illuminating the need for increased testing of nitrosamines in pharmaceutical products. However, the development of analytical methods for nitrosamine detection is challenging due to high sensitivity requirements, complex matrices, and the large number and variety of samples requiring testing. Herein, we report an analytical method for the analysis of a common nitrosamine, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), in pharmaceutical products using full evaporation static headspace gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorous detection (FE-SHSGC-NPD). This method is sensitive, specific, accurate, and precise and has the potential to serve as a universal method for testing all semi-volatile nitrosamines across different drug products. Through elimination of the detrimental headspace-liquid partition, a quantitation limit of 0.25 ppb is achieved for NDMA, a significant improvement upon traditional LC-MS methods. The extraction of nitrosamines directly from solid sample not only simplifies the sample preparation procedure but also enables the method to be used for different products as is or with minor modifications, as demonstrated by the analysis of NDMA in 10+ pharmaceutical products. The in situ nitrosation that is commonly observed in GC methods for nitrosamine analysis was completely inhibited by the addition of a small volume solvent containing pyrogallol, phosphoric acid, and isopropanol. Employing simple procedures and low-cost instrumentation, this method can be implemented in any analytical laboratory for routine nitrosamine analysis, ensuring patient safety and uninterrupted supply of critical medications. Graphical Abstract ![]()
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- Jinjian Zheng
- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA.
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply, Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA
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Alfieri ML, Panzella L, Amorati R, Cariola A, Valgimigli L, Napolitano A. Role of Sulphur and Heavier Chalcogens on the Antioxidant Power and Bioactivity of Natural Phenolic Compounds. Biomolecules 2022; 12:90. [PMID: 35053239 PMCID: PMC8774257 DOI: 10.3390/biom12010090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The activity of natural phenols is primarily associated to their antioxidant potential, but is ultimately expressed in a variety of biological effects. Molecular scaffold manipulation of this large variety of compounds is a currently pursued approach to boost or modulate their properties. Insertion of S/Se/Te containing substituents on phenols may increase/decrease their H-donor/acceptor ability by electronic and stereo-electronic effects related to the site of substitution and geometrical constrains. Oxygen to sulphur/selenium isosteric replacement in resveratrol or ferulic acid leads to an increase in the radical scavenging activity with respect to the parent phenol. Several chalcogen-substituted phenols inspired by Vitamin E and flavonoids have been prepared, which in some cases prove to be chain-breaking antioxidants, far better than the natural counterparts. Conjugation of catechols with biological thiols (cysteine, glutathione, dihydrolipoic acid) is easily achieved by addition to the corresponding ortho-quinones. Noticeable examples of compounds with potentiated antioxidant activities are the human metabolite 5-S-cysteinyldopa, with high iron-induced lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity, due to strong iron (III) binding, 5-S-glutathionylpiceatannol a most effective inhibitor of nitrosation processes, and 5-S-lipoylhydroxytyrosol, and its polysulfides that proved valuable oxidative-stress protective agents in various cellular models. Different methodologies have been used for evaluation of the antioxidant power of these compounds against the parent compounds. These include kinetics of inhibition of lipid peroxidation alkylperoxyl radicals, common chemical assays of radical scavenging, inhibition of the OH• mediated hydroxylation/oxidation of model systems, ferric- or copper-reducing power, scavenging of nitrosating species. In addition, computational methods allowed researchers to determine the Bond Dissociation Enthalpy values of the OH groups of chalcogen modified phenolics and predict the best performing derivative. Finally, the activity of Se and Te containing compounds as mimic of glutathione peroxidase has been evaluated, together with other biological activities including anticancer action and (neuro)protective effects in various cellular models. These and other achievements are discussed and rationalized to guide future development in the field.
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- Maria Laura Alfieri
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy; (M.L.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy; (M.L.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; (R.A.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; (R.A.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; (R.A.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy; (M.L.A.); (L.P.)
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Jeong YC, Zhang F, Geter DR, Wood AJ, Schisler MR, Gollapudi B, Bartels MJ. Measurement of deoxyinosine adduct: Can it be a reliable tool to assess oxidative or nitrosative DNA damage? Toxicol Lett 2012; 214:226-33. [PMID: 22940193 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Adenosine deaminases (ADA) are key enzymes that deaminate adenosine (A) or deoxyadenosine (dA) and produce inosine or deoxyinosine (dI), respectively. While ADA only deaminates free dA, reactive nitrogen species (RNS) or reactive oxygen species (ROS) deaminate adenine base on the DNA and leave dI, which is a pre-mutagenic lesion. Therefore, dI adduct in the genomic DNA has been considered a biomarker of DNA damage caused by RNS or by ROS. In the presented study, genomic DNA was isolated from frozen calf thymus in low or room temperature, with or without an addition of antioxidant. The number of dI in the DNA was measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. While low temperature (LT) work-up with an addition of antioxidant in reagents helped to prevent artifactual formation of oxidative DNA lesions in the calf thymus DNA (CTD), it also significantly inhibited activities of proteinase, which in turn resulted in significant ADA contamination in the final DNA samples. ADA remained in LT-CTD completely deaminated most dA when the DNA was subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis to single nucleosides. The ADA contamination in the DNA was significantly reduced when DNA was isolated from pre-isolated nuclear fraction rather than from entire tissue homogenates. However, enzymes used for DNA hydrolysis were confirmed to contain significant amounts of ADA. Therefore, these enzymes would increase deamination of dA during DNA hydrolysis. Artifactual dI production by contaminated ADA was dramatically reduced by an addition of EHNA (erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)adenine), which is a potent inhibitor of ADA. However, time- and temperature-dependent dI production from dA in phosphate buffer solution was observed. More importantly, TEMPO, an antioxidant commonly used to prevent DNA oxidation, was found to deaminate dA independent to ADA. Overall, these findings indicate that assay methods measuring dI or other dA DNA adducts in genomic DNA should be carefully validated to minimize artificial errors caused by dA deamination. Recommendations to overcome those technical challenges were discussed in this presentation.
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- Yo-Chan Jeong
- Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA.
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Santos-Cruz LF, Ávila-Acevedo JG, Ortega-Capitaine D, Ojeda-Duplancher JC, Perdigón-Moya JL, Hernández-Portilla LB, López-Dionicio H, Durán-Díaz A, Dueñas-García IE, Castañeda-Partida L, García-Bores AM, Heres-Pulido ME. Verbascoside is not genotoxic in the ST and HB crosses of the Drosophila wing spot test, and its constituent, caffeic acid, decreases the spontaneous mutation rate in the ST cross. Food Chem Toxicol 2011; 50:1082-90. [PMID: 22197714 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Verbascoside (VB) is a phenylpropanoid isolated from Buddleja species, some of which originate in Mexico, and was first described in the sixteenth century in the codices of Mexican traditional medicine. VB is present in alcohol extracts and is widely used in the north of Mexico as a sunscreen. VB absorbs UV-A and UV-B radiation and has high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacities. VB and its constituent caffeic acid (CA) were screened to determine their genotoxic activity using the Drosophila wing spot test. Third instar larvae (72±4 h) of the standard (ST) and high bioactivation (HB) crosses, with regulated and high levels of cytochrome P450s (Cyp450s), respectively, were exposed to VB or CA (0, 27, 57, 81, 135, and 173 mM). VB was not genotoxic at any of the concentrations tested in both crosses. The amount of VB residue as determined by HPLC in the adult flies that were fed with VB indicated a low metabolism of this compound, which explains the absence of genotoxicity. CA decreased the spontaneous frequencies of small and total spots and showed putative toxicity in the ST cross.
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- Luis Felipe Santos-Cruz
- Genetic Toxicology, Biology, UNAM FES Iztacala, Av. Los Barrios No. 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, CP. 54090, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México, Mexico
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d’Ischia M, Napolitano A, Manini P, Panzella L. Secondary Targets of Nitrite-Derived Reactive Nitrogen Species: Nitrosation/Nitration Pathways, Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms and Toxicological Implications. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 24:2071-92. [DOI: 10.1021/tx2003118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Marco d’Ischia
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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De Lucia M, Panzella L, Pezzella A, Napolitano A, d'Ischia M. Plant catechols and their S-glutathionyl conjugates as antinitrosating agents: expedient synthesis and remarkable potency of 5-S-glutathionylpiceatannol. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 21:2407-13. [PMID: 19548359 DOI: 10.1021/tx800283d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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With a view to elucidating the structural requisites for effective antinitrosating properties in plant polyphenolics and their metabolites, we have undertaken a comparative investigation of the nitrite scavenging effects of representative catechol derivatives of dietary relevance in the 2,3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN) nitrosation and tyrosine nitration assays. Compounds tested included caffeic acid (1), chlorogenic acid (2), piceatannol (3), hydroxytyrosol (4), and the corresponding S-glutathionyl conjugates 5-8, which were prepared using either tyrosinase (5 and 6) or a novel, o-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX)-based oxygenation/ conjugation methodology (7b and 8). In the DAN nitrosation assay at pH 4.0, the rank order of inhibitory activities was found to be 5-S-glutathionylpiceatannol (7b) > 3 > 1 > 2 > 2-S-glutathionylcaffeic acid (5) > 2-S-glutathionylchlorogenic acid (6) > 4 approximately 5-S-glutathionylhydroxytyrosol (8). Quite unexpectedly, in the tyrosine nitration assay in 0.5 M HCl, 2 was the most efficient inhibitor followed by 1 > 4 > 3 > 7b approximately 5 > 8 > 6. Under the assay conditions, the glutathionyl conjugates were usually consumed at faster rates than the parent catechols (decomposition rates: 3 > 1 > 4 > 2). The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) assay indicated that the most effective hydrogen donors were 4 > 7b > 1 approximately 3. Overall, these results indicated that catechol compounds and their glutathionyl conjugates may exhibit profoundly different inhibitory properties depending on the specific conditions of the assay, including especially pH, and that their antinitrosating properties do not correlate tout-court with their hydrogen donor capacity. The glutathionyl-piceatannol conjugate 7b was found to be one of the most potent inhibitors in the physiologically relevant DAN assay and may provide a new structural lead for the design of effective antinitrosating agents based on dietary polyphenolic compounds.
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- Maria De Lucia
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Cinthia 4, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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Radkar V, Hardej D, Lau-Cam C, Billack B. Evaluation of Resveratrol and Piceatannol Cytotoxicity in Macrophages, T Cells, and Skin Cells. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 2007; 58:293-304. [PMID: 17913683 DOI: 10.2478/v10004-007-0020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Evaluation of Resveratrol and Piceatannol Cytotoxicity in Macrophages, T Cells, and Skin CellsThe cytotoxicity of resveratrol and of piceatannol, a structural analog of resveratrol, was examined in cultured cells. Using a MTT-based assay, which measures the conversion of 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) to a colored formazan product in living cells, resveratrol was found to inhibit the viability of transformed mouse macrophages, tumor-derived human T cells and human epidermoid carcinoma cells in a concentration-dependent manner, with the effect decreasing in the order: T cells (LC50 ~27 μmol L-1, 24 h; ~9 μmol L-1; 48h) > macrophages (LC50~29 μmol L-1, 24 h; 39 μmol L-1, 48 h) > skin cells (LC50 ~91 μmol L-1, 24 h; ~66 μmol L-1, 48 h). Paradoxically, a high concentration of resveratrol (50 μmol L-1) inhibited the proliferation of all three cell types, and a low concentration (5 μmol L-1) stimulated the proliferation of macrophages. The viability of macrophages was also decreased by piceatannol in a concentration-dependent manner. The stimulation of macrophages with zymosan lowered the cytotoxicity of both resveratrol and piceatannol. Scanning electron microscopy of cells treated with resveratrol revealed changes in cellular morphology that were consistent with toxicity. In macrophages and skin cells, resveratrol (50 μmol L-1) induced a time-dependent increase in reduced glutathione levels but did not alter the background levels of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances. Taken together, the present data indicate that resveratrol is toxic to cultured macrophages, T cells and skin cells at concentrations ≥25 μmol L-1, and that the cytotoxicity occurs via a mechanism that does not involve oxidative stress. Furthermore, the degree of toxicity of both resveratrol and piceatannol towards macrophages depends on the activation status of these cells, with zymosan-activated cells appearing more resistant than nonstimulated cells.
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- Vijayalaxmi Radkar
- College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
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Panzella L, De Lucia M, Amalfitano C, Pezzella A, Evidente A, Napolitano A, d'Ischia M. Acid-Promoted Reaction of the Stilbene Antioxidant Resveratrol with Nitrite Ions: Mild Phenolic Oxidation at the 4‘-Hydroxystiryl Sector Triggering Nitration, Dimerization, and Aldehyde-Forming Routes. J Org Chem 2006; 71:4246-54. [PMID: 16709068 DOI: 10.1021/jo060482i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 3.0, and at 37 degrees C, resveratrol ((E)-3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene, 1a), an antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive phytoalexin, reacted smoothly at 25 microM or 1 mM concentration with excess nitrite ions (NO2(-)) to give a complex pattern of products, including two novel regioisomeric alpha-nitro (3a) and 3'-nitro (4) derivatives along with some (E)-3,4',5-trihydroxy-2,3'-dinitrostilbene (5), four oxidative breakdown products, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzaldehyde, 3,5-dihydroxyphenylnitromethane, and 3,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, two dimers, the resveratrol (E)-dehydrodimer 6 and restrytisol B (7), and the partially cleaved dimer 2. The same products were formed in the absence of oxygen. 1H,15N HMBC and LC/MS analysis of the crude mixture obtained by reaction of 1a with Na (15)NO2 suggested the presence of 3,4',5,beta-tetrahydroxy-alpha-nitro-alpha,beta-dihydrostilbene (8) as unstable intermediate which escaped isolation. Under similar conditions, the structurally related catecholic stilbene piceatannol ((E)-3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxystilbene, 1b) gave, besides (E)-3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxy-beta-nitrostilbene (3b), 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and small amounts of 3,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde. Mechanistic experiments were consistent with the initial generation of the phenoxyl radical of 1a at 4'-OH, which may undergo free radical coupling with NO2 at the alpha- or 3'-position, to give eventually nitrated derivatives and/or oxidative double bond fission products, or self-coupling, to give dimers. The oxygen-independent, NO2(-)-mediated oxidative fission of the double bond under mild, physiologically relevant conditions is unprecedented in stilbene chemistry and is proposed to involve breakdown of hydroxynitro(so) intermediates of the type 8.
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- Lucia Panzella
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, delle Piante e dell'Ambiente, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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