MECHANISM OF OXYGENATION OF VITAMIN-K HYDROQUINONE

Authors
HAM SW YOO JS
Citation
Sw. Ham et Js. Yoo, MECHANISM OF OXYGENATION OF VITAMIN-K HYDROQUINONE, Chemical communications, (10), 1997, pp. 929-930
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
929 - 930
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):10<929:MOOOVH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
When the monoanion of vitamin K hydroquinone is treated with O-18(2) i n THF, the product, vitamin K oxide, carries a full atom of O-18 at th e epoxide oxygen and partial incorporation (34%) of a second atom of O -18 at the carbonyl oxygen, which is most reasonably ascribed to the d ioxetane mechanism.