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SUBMITTER: Gu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3337853 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gu Xiaodong X Zhang Wujuan W Salomon Robert G RG
The Journal of organic chemistry 20120124 3
A β-hydroxy hydroperoxide was obtained through base-catalyzed disproportionation of a hydroperoxy endoperoxide available by singlet oxygenation of cyclohepta-1,4-diene. Vitamins E and C induce fragmentation of this β-hydroxy hydroperoxide generating aldehydes, especially in the presence of redox active metal ions such as those present in vivo, e.g., under conditions of "iron overload". This chemistry may contribute to the oxidative cleavage of polyunsaturated fatty acyls that produces similar al ...[more]