Ne. Polyakov et al., THE MECHANISM OF OXIDATION OF NADH ANALOGS-4 - PHOTOOXIDATION OF N-ACETYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINE IN THE PRESENCE OF QUINONES, Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry, 111(1-3), 1997, pp. 61-64
Mechanism of photoinitiated oxidation of yl-3,5-dicarbomethoxy-4-pheny
l-1,4-dihydropyridine (I) in the presence of quinones has been studied
by means of CIDNP method in polar solvents. 3,5-Dicarbomethoxy-4-phen
yl-pyridine (II) has been identified to be the main reaction product.
It has been found that the process involves the radical ions as well a
s neutral radicals of dihydropyridine and quinone. Sigmatropic rearran
gement (1-3 shift) has been suggested to occur in N-centered dihydropy
ridine radicals. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.