Deconvoluting the reactivity of two intermediates formed from modified pyrimidines

Autor: Carl H. Schiesser, Marc M. Greenberg, Liwei Weng, Sonia M. Horvat
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Organic letters. 15(14)
ISSN: 1523-7052
Popis: Generation of the 5-(2'-deoxyuridinyl)methyl radical (6) was reexamined. Trapping by 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl confirms that 6 is generated. However, trapping by methoxyamine reveals that the respective carbocation (10) is also produced. Examining the effects of these traps on products in DNA reveals that the carbocation and not 6 yields interstrand cross-links. Cross-link formation from the carbocation is consistent with DFT calculations that predict that addition at the N1 position of dA is essentially barrierless.
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