Isomerization versus dissociation of phenylalanylglycyltryptophan radical cations

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (25) ◽  
pp. 16923-16933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Mu ◽  
Justin Kai-Chi Lau ◽  
Cheuk-Kuen Lai ◽  
K. W. Michael Siu ◽  
Alan C. Hopkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radical Cation ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Collision Induced Dissociation ◽  
Radical Center ◽  
Initial Location

Four isomers of the radical cation of tripeptide phenylalanylglycyltryptophan, in which the initial location of the radical center is well defined, have been isolated and their collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra examined.

Hydrogen atom transfer in the radical cations of tryptophan-containing peptides AW and WA studied by mass spectrometry, infrared multiple-photon dissociation spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrii Piatkivskyi ◽  
Justin Kai-Chi Lau ◽  
Giel Berden ◽  
Jos Oomens ◽  
Alan C Hopkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Radical Cation ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Transfer ◽  
Collision Induced Dissociation ◽  
Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation ◽  
Nitrogen Radical

Two types of radical cations of tryptophan—the π-radical cation and the protonated tryptophan-N radical—have been studied in dipeptides AW and WA. The π-radical cation produced by removal of an electron during collision-induced dissociation of a ternary Cu(II) complex was only observed for the AW peptide. In the case of WA, only the ion corresponding to the loss of ammonia, [WA–NH3] •+, was observed from the copper complex. Both protonated tryptophan-N radicals were produced by N-nitrosylation of the neutral peptides followed by transfer to the gas phase via electrospray ionization and subsequent collision-induced dissociation. The regiospecifically formed N• species were characterized by infrared multiple-photon dissociation spectroscopy which revealed that the WA tryptophan-N• radical remains the nitrogen radical, while the AW nitrogen radical rearranges into the π-radical cation. These findings are supported by the density functional theory calculations that suggest a relatively high barrier for the radical rearrangement (N• to π) in WA (156.3 kJ mol−1) and a very low barrier in AW (6.1 kJ mol−1). The facile hydrogen atom migration in the AW system is also supported by the collision-induced dissociation of the tryptophan-N radical species that produces fragments characteristic of the tryptophan π-radical cation. Gas-phase ion–molecule reactions with n-propyl thiol have also been used to differentiate between the π-radical cations (react by hydrogen abstraction) and the tryptophan-N• species (unreactive) of AW.

Electron n-doping of a highly electron-deficient chlorinated benzodifurandione-based oligophenylene vinylene polymer using benzyl viologen radical cations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teck Lip Dexter Tam ◽  
Albertus Denny Handoko ◽  
Ting Ting Lin ◽  
Jianwei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Radical Cation ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Benzyl Viologen ◽  
Electron Doping ◽  
N Doping ◽  
Polyphenylene Vinylene

Successful electron-doping of highly electron-deficient chlorinated benzodifurandione-based polyphenylene vinylene using viologen radical cation.

Radical cation formation during the adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on platinum oxide

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Garnett ◽  
KJ Nicol ◽  
A Rainis
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Radical Cation ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Hyperfine Splitting ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Platinum Oxide ◽  
Adsorbed Species ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Experimental conditions are reported for resolving the hyperfine splitting of e.p.r. spectra obtained from the interaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with platinum oxide. By contrast with earlier interpretations where only a singlet was obtained even with perylene, the present results indicate that the adsorbed species are radical cations.

Radikalionen, 61 [1, 2]Dialkylamino-substituierte Acetylene und Allene:Ionisation, Oxidation und AlCl3-katalysierte Wasserstoffübertragung / Radical Ions, 61 [1, 2]Dialkylamino-substituted Acetylenes and Allenes:Ionisation, Oxidation and AlCl3-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 763-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bock ◽  
Wolfgang Kaim ◽  
Mitsuo Kira ◽  
Louis Réné ◽  
Heinz-Günther Viehe
Keyword(s):  
Radical Cation ◽  
Hydrogen Transfer ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Esr Spectra ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Radical Ions ◽  
Substituted Acetylenes

AbstractThe photoelectron (PE) spectra of bis(dialkylamino) acetylenes R2N-C≡C-NR2 and of tetrakis(dialkylamino) allenes (R2N)2C=C=C(NR2)2 with R = CH3, C2H5 exhibit characteristic ionization patterns which are assigned to π radical cation states of the two molecular halves twisted against each other. The low first ionization potentials between 7.0 eV and 7.7 eV stimu­lated attempts to oxidize using AlCl3 in H2CCl2 or D2CCl2. The hyperfine structured ESR spectra observed can be unequivocally assigned to the ethylene radical cations R2N-HC=CH -NR2˙⊕ which are formed from the obviously non-persistent species R2N-C≡C-NR2˙⊕ via a hydrogen transfer. During the oxidation of the dialkylamino-substituted allenes no paramagnetic intermedi­ates could be detected, presumably due to a rapid dimerisation of the allene radical cation (R2N)2C=C=C(NR2)2˙⊕.

Cleavage of the radical cations of alkenes; 1-butene and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene. Ab initio calculations on the interaction between the allyl and alkyl radical and carbocation moieties

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 1365-1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyao Du ◽  
Donald R. Arnold ◽  
Russell J. Boyd ◽  
Zheng Shi
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Radical Cation ◽  
Alkyl Radical ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Allyl Radical ◽  
Allyl Cation ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond

Carbon–carbon bond cleavage of the radical cations of 1-butene [Formula: see text] and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene [Formula: see text] will generate the allyl and alkyl radical and carbocation fragments. Alternative bonding arrangements between the allyl and methyl moieties in [Formula: see text] and between the allyl and tert-butyl moieties in [Formula: see text] possible metastable intermediates or transition states preceding complete separation of the fragments, have been investigated by ab initio molecular orbital calculations. Structures were fully optimized at the UHF/6-31G* or UHF/STO-3G levels, and some of the calculations on [Formula: see text] were expanded with single point MP2/6-31G*//UHF/6-31G* computations. The C4H8+ radical cation, having a structure similar to that of 1-butene, is more stable than the separated fragments: 183 kj mol−1 lower in energy than the sum of the energies of the allyl cation and the methyl radical, and 385 kJ mol−1 lower than the sum of the energies of an allyl radical and a methyl cation, at the MP2/6-31G* level. The corresponding values at the UHF/STO-3G level are 276 and 415 kj mol−1, respectively. There is less bonding interaction between the allyl and tert-butyl moieties in [Formula: see text] The summation of the energies of the allyl radical and tert-butyl cation is 123 kj mol−1 lower than the summation of the energies of the allyl cation and tert-butyl radical, and 115 kJ mol−1 higher in energy than the bonded radical cation [Formula: see text] at the UHF/STO-3G level. These calculated values are compared with thermochemical data and with experimental results on the cleavage of these, and related, radical cations. Key words: radical cation, cleavage, ab initio calculations, electron transfer, photochemistry.

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