Abstract
The course of the oxidation of 2,2-dimethylcyclopropylmethanol and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropylmethanol by horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase and NAD+ has been investigated. In neither case were ring opened products detected which, in agreement with previous observations, provides no evidence for the intermediacy of radicals in these reactions. The stability of several substituted cyclopropylalkyl radicals has been investigated by e.s.r. spectroscopy and the results are discussed with respect to cyclopropane-containing probes of the mechanism of oxidation of lactate dehydrogenase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1035-1045 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 4 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1986 |