Short-lived quinonoid species from 5,6-dihydroxyindole dimers en route to eumelanin polymers: Integrated chemical, pulse radiolytic, and quantum mechanical investigation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 15490-15498

  Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   Panzella, Lucia ^a   Crescenzi, Orlando ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Navaratman, Suppiah ^c,d   Edge, Ruth ^b,c   Land, Edward J ^b   Barone, Vincenzo ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ISOMERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOLYSIS;

DIHYDROXYINDOLE DIMERS; EUMELANIN POLYMERS; PULSE RADIOLYTIC INVESTIGATION; QUANTUM INVESTIGATION;

DIMERS;

2 QUINONE; 5,5',6,6' TETRAHYDROXY 2,2' BIINDOLYL DERIVATIVE; 5,5',6,6' TETRAHYDROXY 2,4' BIINDOLYL DERIVATIVE; 5,5',6,6' TETRAHYDROXY 2,7' BIINDOLYL DERIVATIVE; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; BIOPOLYMER; DIMER; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; OLIGOMER; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE METHIDE; QUINONIMINE; SEMIQUINONE; SEMIQUINONE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRUM; THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84961976124     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0650246     Document Type: Article

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