Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 555-560Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.11.012
Keywords
Radicals; Steady state concentration; Methyl; Mechanistic studies; Radiolysis; ROS; Oxidative stress; Dimethyl sulfoxide
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Studies have found that at low steady state radical concentrations, methyl radicals may increase their yields by abstracting a methyl group from DMSO, resulting in the formation of different products than commonly observed. This novel mechanism could potentially alter certain reaction pathways present in both biological and catalytic systems.
Methyl radicals play key roles in various chemical and biological processes. Mechanistic studies of methyl radicals with their precursor, Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO), were extensively studied. Though the involved mechanisms seemed to be clarified, essentially none of the studies have been performed at conditions relevant to both biological and catalytic systems, i.e. low steady state radical concentrations. A chain-like reaction, as an inverse function of the radicals concentrations ([(CH3)-C-center dot](ss)), increases the methyl radical yields. The nature of the additional products obtained differs from those commonly observed. Furthermore it is shown that methyl radicals abstract a methyl group from DMSO to yield ethane. Herein we report a novel mechanism relevant mainly at low steady state radical concentrations, which may change the understanding of certain reaction routes present in both biological systems and catalytic chemical systems. Thus the results point out that mechanistic studies have to be carried out at dose rates forming radicals at analogous concentrations to those present in the process of interest.
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