The Mechanism of Photooxidation of the Menaquinones

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Abstract

Irradiation of menaquinone-1 under nitrogen gives rise to metastable isomeric o-quinone methides, one of which reacts with oxygen in the dark to form the same hydroperoxide obtained previously from direct or dye sensitized photolysis of the quinone in the presence of oxygen.

Publication Title

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume

22

Issue

22

First Page

2039

Last Page

2042

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