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  • Influence of alkyl group on amide Nitrogen Atom on fluorescence quenching of tyrosine amide and N-acetyltyrosine amide
    Biophysical Chemistry, 2004
    Co-Authors: Justyna Mrozek, Alicja Rzeska, Katarzyna Guzow, Jerzy Karolczak, Wiesław Wiczk
    Abstract:

    Abstract The steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy was applied to determine the influence of an alkyl substituent(s) (methyl or ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, or t-butyl) on amide Nitrogen Atom on photophysical properties of tyrosine and N-acetyltyrosine amides in water. Generally, the amide group strongly quenches the fluorescence of tyrosine, however, the size and number of substituents on amide Nitrogen Atom modify the quenching process only in small degree. The fluorescence intensity decays of all amides studied are bi-exponential. The contribution of both components (αi) to the fluorescence decay undergoes irregular change. An introduction of alkyl substituent on amide Nitrogen Atom causes an increase of the fluorescence lifetime of tyrosine derivative compared to the unsubstituted amide for both N-acetyltyrosine and tyrosine with the protonated amino group. Calculated, basing on the fluorescence quantum yield (QY) and average lifetime, the radiative rate constants (kf) are similar, which indicates that the substituent(s) does not have substantial influence on radiative process of the deactivation of the excited state of the phenol chromophore for all compounds studied regardless the amino group status as well as the number and type of substituent (linear or branched). The comparison of the ground-state rotamer populations of tyrosine amides and N-acetyltyrosine amides with different alkyl substituent on amide Nitrogen Atom obtained from 1H NMR with the value of pre-exponential factors indicates that not the rotamer populations, but specific hydration of a whole molecule of the amino acid including chromophore and amino acid moiety, seems to be the main reason of the heterogenous fluorescence intensity decay of tyrosine derivatives.

  • Influence of a substituent on amide Nitrogen Atom on fluorescence efficiency quenching of Tyr(Me) by amide group
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-chemistry, 2001
    Co-Authors: Joanna Łukomska, Alicja Rzeska, Joanna Malicka, Wiesław Wiczk
    Abstract:

    An amide group quenches the O-methyl-tyrosine fluorescence with higher efficiency than that of tyrosine because of a lower ionization potential of the former. The influence of methyl substituents on an amide Nitrogen Atom of Tyr(Me) amide, as well as distance dependence of the efficiency of fluorescence quenching by an additional amide group in Tyr(Me)-Gly dipeptide supported suggestion that the photo-induced electron transfer from the excited fluorophore to an amide group is responsible for the fluorescence quenching of aromatic amino acid residue by an amide (peptide) group. The mono-exponential fluorescence intensity decay of Tyr(Me)-NHMe and much lower quenching efficiency than that observed for other Tyr(Me) derivatives studied, indicate that specific hydration of the whole molecule plays a crucial role in the fluorescence quenching process.

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  • ru3 co 12 catalyzed coupling reaction of sp3 c h bonds adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom in alkylamines with alkenes
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001
    Co-Authors: Naoto Chatani, Taku Asaumi, Shuhei Yorimitsu, Tsutomu Ikeda, And Fumitoshi Kakiuchi, Shinji Murai
    Abstract:

    Catalytic reactions which involve the cleavage of an sp3 C−H bond adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom in N-2-pyridynyl alkylamines are described. The use of Ru3(CO)12 as the catalyst results in the addition of the sp3 C−H bond across the alkene bond to give the coupling products. A variety of alkenes, including terminal, internal, and cyclic alkenes, can be used for the coupling reaction. The presence of directing groups, such as pyridine, pyrimidine, and an oxazoline ring, on the Nitrogen of the amine is critical for a successful reaction. This result indicates the importance of the coordination of the Nitrogen Atom to the ruthenium catalyst. In addition, the nature of the substituents on the pyridine ring has a significant effect on the efficiency of the reaction. Thus, the substitution of an electron-withdrawing group on the pyridine ring as well as a substitution adjacent to the sp2 Nitrogen in the pyridine ring dramatically retards the reaction. Cyclic amines are more reactive than acyclic ones. The choice o...