Quinones metal complexes

Fig, 74. The pieparatioii of quinone-metal complexes TMQ represents tetiamethyl quinone the methyl substituents of the quinone rings in the complexes are omitted... 

The major problem of these diazotizations is oxidation of the initial aminophenols by nitrous acid to the corresponding quinones. Easily oxidized amines, in particular aminonaphthols, are therefore commonly diazotized in a weakly acidic medium (pH 3, so-called neutral diazotization) or in the presence of zinc or copper salts. This process, which is due to Sandmeyer, is important in the manufacture of diazo components for metal complex dyes, in particular those derived from l-amino-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid. Kozlov and Volodarskii (1969) measured the rates of diazotization of l-amino-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid in the presence of one equivalent of 13 different sulfates, chlorides, and nitrates of di- and trivalent metal ions (Cu2+, Sn2+, Zn2+, Mg2+, Fe2 +, Fe3+, Al3+, etc.). The rates are first-order with respect to the added salts. The highest rate is that in the presence of Cu2+. The anions also have a catalytic effect (CuCl2 > Cu(N03)2 > CuS04). The mechanistic basis of this metal ion catalysis is not yet clear. 

Quinoline-5-sulfonic acid, 8-hydroxy-7-iodo-metal complexes absorptiometry, 1,549 Quinolinium salts in gravimetry, 1, 535 Quinolinol metal complexes color photography, 6,107 8-Quinolinol biological activity, 6, 771 gallium and indium complexes radiopharmacology, 6, 971 radionuclide complexes radiopharmacology, 6,994 8-Quinolyl sulfate hydrolysis metal catalysis, 6,465 Quinones... 

An additional notable mode of the reactivity of these quinone methide complexes is formation of metal stabilized p- and o-xylylenes.10... 

Thus, research in the relatively new field of quinone methide complexes is attractive from both fundamental and applied point of views. Advantages of metal complexation include stabilization of the reactive QM moiety, the ability to affect its controlled... 

Vigalok, A. Shimon, L. J. W. Milstein, D. Methylene arenium cations via quinone methides and xylylenes stabilized by metal complexation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 477 183. 

Recently, Yoshida and co-worker26 29 have developed a series of new color-forming systems using metal complexes of leuco quinones. Many bidentate ligands that produce a large bathochromic shift of absorption... 

In the case of the naphthoquinone methine-type near-IR dye 55, reduction with tin(II) chloride under acidic conditions gives the leuco dye 56, which has weak absorption maxima at 350-359nm in methanol. The leuco dye 56 can be isolated as a stable pale yellow compound. The oxidation behavior of 56 has been studied by adding benzoquinone as oxidant in methanol solution. Compound 56 immediately produced new absorption at 760 nm which is consistent with the absorption maximum of 55 (Scheme 19).30 The absorption spectra of the leuco, quinone, and metal complex forms are summarized in Table 3. 

Broad-band irradiation from a xenon arc lamp by Felix and Sealy produced semiquinone radicals from catecholamines. They were detected by ESR spectra of their metal complexes. Semiquinones gave rise to o-quinones and... 

The major problem of these diazotizations is oxidation of the initial aminophenols by nitrous acid to the corresponding quinones. Easily oxidized amines, in particular aminonaphthols, are therefore commonly diazotized in a weakly acidic medium (pH 3) so-called neutral diazotization or in the presence of zinc or copper salts. This process, which is due to Sandmeyer, is important in the manufacture of diazo components for metal complex dyes, in particular those derived from l-amino-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid. 

An additional condition may be imposed, even when a cofactor-independent enzyme is used, if a mediator molecule is involved in the electron transfer process, as is often the case with oxidases. Laccases, for example, may employ small-molecule diffusible mediator compounds in their redox cycle to shuttle electrons between the redox center of the enzyme and the substrate or electrode (Scheme 3.1) [1, 2]. Similarly, certain dehydrogenases utiHze pyrroloquinoline quinone. In biocatalytic systems, mediators based on metal complexes are often used. 

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