Electron and spin-density analysis of tirapazamine reduction chemistry

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 620-633

  Yin, Jian ^a   Glaser, Rainer ^a   Gates, Kent S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; GROUPS WITH A CARBON-NITROGEN BOND ONLY; HYDROXYL GROUP; PROTON; RADICAL; TIRAPAZAMINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; PKA; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPIN TRAPPING; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84858665825     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx2005458     Document Type: Article

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