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  • Title: Synthesis and structure determination of the adducts formed by electrochemical oxidation of Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene in the presence of adenine.
    Author: Li KM, Byun J, Gross ML, Zamzow D, Jankowiak R, Rogan EG, Cavalieri EL.
    Journal: Chem Res Toxicol; 1999 Sep; 12(9):749-57. PubMed ID: 10490495.
    Abstract:
    Because the radical cations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are involved in tumor initiation, determination of the structures of biologically formed PAH-DNA adducts is important and relies on comparison of their properties with those of synthesized adducts. One of the possible sites of adduct formation is the N-3 position of Ade, but this depurinating adduct is not obtained by one-electron oxidation of dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) in the presence of deoxyadenosine. Therefore, we turned to electrochemical oxidation of DB[a,l]P in the presence of Ade in dimethylformamide and produced the following adducts: DB[a,l]P-10-N1Ade (47%), DB[a, l]P-10-N3Ade (5%), DB[a,l]P-10-N7Ade (2%), and DB[a,l]P-10-N(6)Ade (6%). In Me(2)SO, this reaction afforded the same four adducts, but in slightly different yields: DB[a,l]P-10-N1Ade (44%), DB[a, l]P-10-N3Ade (9%), DB[a,l]P-10-N7Ade (1%), and DB[a,l]P-10-N(6)Ade (3%). These adducts were purified by reverse-phase HPLC, and the subtle differences between the isomers were revealed by NMR, tandem mass spectrometry, and fluorescence line-narrowing spectroscopy. The relative yields of the N1Ade, N3Ade, and N7Ade adducts reflect the nucleophilicity and steric accessibility of these three nitrogen atoms in Ade.
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