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Recent amazing results (Nkolo et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 6167) on the effect of solvents and polarity on the C-ON bond homolysis rate constants kd of alkoxyamine R1R2NOR3 led us to re-investigate the antagonistic effect of intramolecular hydrogen-bonding (IHB) on kd. Here, IHB is investigated both in the nitroxyl fragment R1R2NO and in the alkyl fragment R3, as well as between fragments, that is, the donating group on the alkyl fragment and the accepting group on the nitroxyl fragment, and conversely. It appears that IHB between fragments (inter IHB) strikingly decreases the homolysis rate constant kd, whereas IHB within the fragment (intra IHB) moderately increases kd. For one alkoxyamine, the simultaneous occurrence of IHB within the nitroxyl fragment and between fragments is reported. The protonation effect is weaker in the presence than in the absence of IHB. A moderate solvent effect is also observed.

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Throughout the last decade, the effect of electron withdrawing groups (EWGs) has been known to play a role - minor or moderate depending on the nitroxyl fragment R1R2NO - in the change in the homolysis rate constant (kd) for C-ON bond homolysis in alkoxyamines (R1R2NOR). It has been shown that the effect of EWGs on kd is described by a linear relationship with the electrical Hammett constant σI. Since then, linear multi-parameter relationships f(σRS,ν,σI) have been developed to account for the effects involved in the changes in kd, which are the stabilization of the released radical (σRS) and the bulkiness (ν) and polarity (σI) of the alkyl fragment. Since a decade ago, new results have been published highlighting the limits of such correlations. In this article, previous multi-parameter linear relationships are amended using a parabolic model, i.e. (σI,nitroxide - σI,alkyl)2, to describe the effect of EWGs in the alkyl fragment on kd. In contrast to previous studies, these improved linear multi-parameter relationships f(σRS,ν,ΔσI2) are able to account for the presence of several EWGs on the alkyl fragment, R. An unexpectedly strong solvent effect - a ca. 1500-fold increase in kd - from tert-butylbenzene to the water/methanol mixture is also observed for 3-((2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl)pentane-2,4-dione 1b in comparison to a ca. 5-fold increase in kd that is generally observed.

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Recently, we examplified the activation of the C-ON bond homolysis by protonation, alkylation, benzylation, acylation, oxidation and complexation with a Lewis acid of the nitrogen atom of the 1-(pyridin-4-yl)ethyl fragment (Chem. Commun., 2011, 4291 and Org. Lett., 2012, 358) and of the 1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl fragment (J. Org. Chem. ASAP Doi:10.1021/jo401674v) of (N-(2-methylpropyl)-N-(1-diethylphosphono-2,2-dimethylpropyl)-N-oxyl) SG1-based alkoxyamines. The quaternization of the 1-(pyridin-3-yl)ethyl fragment by the aforementioned reactions was investigated for the corresponding SG1-based alkoxyamines. In sharp contrast to the quaternization at ortho and para positions of the pyridyl moiety, the effect of the quaternization at the meta position was weak. The effects of quaternization at ortho, meta and para positions were investigated through natural bond orbital and Mulliken charges, HOMO-LUMO interactions in the starting materials and the radical stabilization energy of the released 1-puridylmethyl radicals using DFT calculations with the B3LYP/6-31G(d) and UBMK/6-311+G(3df,2p)//R(O)B3LYP/6-31G(d) methods, respectively.

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The C-ON bond homolysis in alkoxyamine 2a was chemically triggered by quaternization of the 1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl fragment using protonation, acylation, and oxidation into the N-oxide. The solvent effect was also investigated, and DFT calculations were performed to explore this chemical activation. Alkoxyamines 2a-d were also compared to the 1-(pyridin-4-yl)ethyl analogues 3a-d.

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The C-ON bond homolysis in alkoxyamines can be influenced by the presence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) between the alkyl and the nitroxyl fragments, which leads to an 8-fold decrease in the homolysis rate constant k(d). When the IHB is disrupted by the solvent or by substitution of the hydrogen involved in the IHB by a protecting group (OMe, OAc, OBz, OBn, or OTBDMS), a higher homolysis rate constant k(d) is observed, as expected from the correlations developed by Marque (Bertin, D.; Gigmes, D.; Marque, S.; Tordo, P. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2638-2650). Results were confirmed by DFT calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level.

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Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) combined with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful approach to study structure and dynamics in proteins. One limitation of this approach is the fact that classical spin labels are functionalized to be grafted on natural or site-directed mutagenesis generated cysteine residues. Despite the widespread success of cysteine-based modification strategies, the technique becomes unsuitable when cysteine residues play a functional or structural role in the protein under study. To overcome this limitation, we propose an isoindoline-based nitroxide to selectively target tyrosine residues using a Mannich type reaction, the feasibility of which has been demonstrated in a previous study. This nitroxide has been synthesized and successfully grafted successively on p-cresol, a small tetrapeptide and a model protein: a small chloroplastic protein CP12 having functional cysteines and a single tyrosine. Studying the association of the labeled CP12 with its partner protein, we showed that the isoindoline-based nitroxide is a good reporter to reveal changes in its local environment contrary to the previous study where the label was poorly sensitive to probe structural changes. The successful targeting of tyrosine residues with the isoindoline-based nitroxide thus offers a highly promising approach, complementary to the classical cysteine-SDSL one, which significantly enlarges the field of applications of the technique for probing protein dynamics.

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The C-ON bond homolysis in alkoxyamine 2a can be chemically triggered by the protonation of the 4-pyridylalkyl fragment. The resulting 15-fold increase in k(d) (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4291-4293) was investigated experimentally and theoretically by quaternization of the pyridyl moiety using methylating (MeOTs), acylating (AcCl), and benzylating (PhCH(2)Br) agents as well as by oxidation of the pyridyl moiety into N-oxide and by the formation of a dative bond with BH(3) as a Lewis acid.

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In recent work, a 15-fold increase in the C-ON bond homolysis rate constant kd of 4-pyridylethyl-SG1-based alkoxyamine was observed upon protonation of the pyridyl moiety in organic solvent. In this report, the pH dependence of kd (pKa = 4.7) is investigated in D2O/CD3OD (v/v 1:1). A 64-fold increase in kd is observed at acidic pH. Calculations show that the increase in kd upon protonation is due to both an increase in the stabilization of the protonated 4-pyridylethyl radical and an increase of the destabilization of the starting materials through an increase in the polarity of the alkyl fragment. This new alkoxyamine is applied to NMP of styrene and sodium styrene sulfonate.

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The nitrone N-[(1-oxidopyridin-1-ium-4-yl)-methylidene]-1,1-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)ethylamine N-oxide (DEEPyON) was synthesized and used as a spin trapping agent. The kinetic aspects of the superoxide detection by this new spin trap and by two other diester-nitrones, i.e. 2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-1-oxide (DEPO) and N-benzylidene-1,1-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)ethylamine N-oxide (DEEPN), were examined by determining the rate constants for the trapping reaction and for the spin adduct decay at pH 7.2. Comparing the results obtained to those given by analogous monoester-nitrones showed that both the spin trapping and the adduct decay reactions were faster in the presence of a second ester group in the cyclic nitrone series, while the superoxide trapping capacities of linear diester-nitrones were found to be dramatically weak. It follows from this study that DEPO and 2-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-1-oxide (EMPO) are superior when it comes to superoxide detection. Below 0.005 mol dm(-3), DEPO is to date the only nitrone capable of clearly detecting superoxide, while EMPO should be preferred at higher spin trap concentration.

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Because short-lived reactive oxygen radicals such as superoxide have been implicated in a variety of disease processes, methods to measure their production quantitatively in biological systems are critical for understanding disease pathophysiology. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping is a direct and sensitive technique that has been used to study radical formation in biological systems. Short-lived oxygen free radicals react with the spin trap and produce paramagnetic adducts with much higher stability than that of the free radicals. In many cases, the quantity of the measured adduct is considered to be an adequate measure of the amount of the free radical generated. Although the intensity of the EPR signal reflects the magnitude of free radical generation, the actual quantity of radicals produced may be different due to modulation of the spin adduct kinetics caused by a variety of factors. Because the kinetics of spin trapping in biochemical and cellular systems is a complex process that is altered by the biochemical and cellular environment, it is not always possible to define all of the reactions that occur and the related kinetic parameters of the spin-trapping process. We present a method based on a combination of measured kinetic data for the formation and decay of the spin adduct alone with the parameters that control the kinetics of spin trapping and radical generation. The method is applied to quantitate superoxide trapping with 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DEPMPO). In principle, this method is broadly applicable to enable spin trapping-based quantitative determination of free radical generation in complex biological systems.

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A new kinetic approach to the evaluation of rate constants for the spin trapping of superoxide/hydroperoxyl radical by nitrones in buffered media is described. This method is based on a competition between the superoxide trapping by the nitrone and the spontaneous dismutation of this radical in aqueous media. EPR spectra are recorded as a function of time at various nitrone concentrations, and kinetic curves are obtained after treatment of these spectra using both singular value decomposition and pseudo-inverse deconvolution methods. Modelling these curves permits the determination of the rate constants k(T) and k(D) for the superoxide trapping and the adduct decay reactions, respectively. Kinetics parameters thus obtained with six nitrones, namely the 2-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole N-oxide (EMPO), the 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-5H-pyrrole N-oxide (DEPMPO), the 5,5-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-5H-pyrrole N-oxide (DMPO), the 1,3,5-tri[(N-(1-diethylphosphono)-1-methylethyl)-N-oxy-aldimine]benzene (TN), the N-benzylidene-1-ethoxycarbonyl-1-methylethylamine N-oxide (EPPN), and the N-[(1-oxidopyridin-1-ium-4-yl)methylidene]-1-ethoxycarbonyl-1-methylethylamine N-oxide (EPPyON), indicate that cyclic nitrones trapped superoxide faster than the linear ones. However, the low k(T) values obtained for compounds show that there is still a need for new molecules with better spin trapping capacities.

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The synthesis of two new nitrones, N-benzylidene-1,1-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)ethylamine N-oxide (DEEPN) and N-[(1-oxidopyridin-1-ium-4-yl)methylidene]-1-ethoxycarbonyl-1- methylethylamine N-oxide (EPPyON), is described. Measurement of their n-octanol-phosphate buffer partition coefficient permitted evaluation of their lipophilicity. Their capacity to act as spin trapping agents was investigated in aqueous media. Although these nitrones were unsuitable for detecting hydroxyl radical, they efficiently trapped various carbon- and oxygen-centred radicals, including superoxide, in aqueous media. The half-lives of their superoxide adducts were determined at pH 5.8 and 7.2. At neutral pH, the superoxide spin adduct of DEEPN was found to be as persistent as that of 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrrole N-oxide (DEPMPO). Consequently, DEEPN was believed to be an efficient trap for superoxide detection in aqueous media.

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Spin traps might exert antioxidant cardioprotective effects during myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion where free radicals are thought to be responsible for the occurrence of reperfusion injury. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of two new alpha-phenyl N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN)-derived beta-phosphorylated nitrones: 2-N-oxy-N-[benzylidène amino] diéthyl propyl-2-phosphate (PPN) and 1-diethoxyphosphoryl-1-methyl-N-[(1-oxido-pyridin-1-ium-4-yl) methylidene] ethylamine N-oxide (4-PyOPN) compared with PBN on (1) the evolution of cardiovascular parameters and (2) the postischaemic recovery. Anaesthetized rats were injected with 120 micro mol/kg of the nitrones or 14 micro mol/kg of amiodarone, used as a reference antidysrhythmic drug. Ischaemia was induced in vivo through ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery for 5 min followed by 15 min of reperfusion after release. Cardiovascular parameters and occurrence of ventricular premature beats (VPB), ventricular tachycardia (VT) and fibrillation (VF) were recorded throughout the experiment. Under nonischaemic conditions, none of the three spin traps was shown to modify cardiovascular parameters during the 25-min measurement period. Solvent-treated (NaCl 0.9%) animals challenged with ischaemia-reperfusion exhibited 39 +/- 10 VPB, 156 +/- 39 s of VT and 60% mortality caused by sustained VF. Nitrones improved slightly postischaemic recovery, reducing the occurrence of VF and mortality to 33% whereas amiodarone injection totally suppressed rhythm disturbances and mortality. Our study has shown only limited antidysrhythmic cardioprotective effects of PBN-derived beta-phosphorylated nitrones during reperfusion after a regional myocardial ischaemia but also minor antioxidant properties of these spin trapping agents.

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The spin trap N-2-(2-ethoxycarbonyl-propyl) alpha-phenylnitrone, EPPN 1, synthesized by methods previously described, has been purified by recrystallization. A measure of its octanol-phosphate buffer partition coefficient (P(oct) = 29.8) indicated that EPPN was quite lipophilic, yet it could be easily solubilized in water up to 60 mmol L(-1). Although this nitrone was unsuitable for detecting hydroxyl radical, it efficiently trapped several carbon-centered radicals as well as superoxide in aqueous media, without yielding any artifactual signals. Kinetic studies of the superoxide adduct decay gave rate constants k(D) of 2 x 10(-3) and 2.1 x 10(-3) s(-1) at pH 5.6 and pH 7, respectively. EPPN can be considered as an easily prepared and highly pure spin trap, allowing efficient detection of superoxide in aqueous environments.

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