Mechanism of the autocatalytic formation of ferrihemoglobin by dimethylaniline oxide : analysis of the explanation of the structure of 2-dimethylamino-4-(N-methylanilino)phenol

1. The autocatalytic oxidation of haemoglobin to ferrihaemoglobin (methaemoglobin) by dimethylaniline N-oxide (DANO) has been further investigated with special emphasis on the condensation product of 2-dimethylaminophenol and N-methylaniline. 2. From incubations of DANO with ferrihaemoglobin or ferricytochrome c, N-methylaniline, N,N-dimethylaniline, formaldhyde, 2-dimethylaminophenol, and 4-dimethylaminophenol were identified as reaction products. 3. The structure of the leuco compound, which is also formed in the incubation mixture, was shown by X-ray analysis to be 2-dimethylamino-4-(N-methylanilino)phenol, a condensation product of N-methylaniline and 2-dimethylaminophenol. Chemical and physicochemical investigations confirmed this assignment. 4. The purple dye produced from the leuco compound by withdrawal of two electrons, and also found in the incubation mixtures, may be considered as a resonance hybrid of the two structures, 2-dimethylamino-N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone-4-imonium and 4-(methylphenylamino)-N,N-dimethyl-1,2-benzoquinone-2-imonium. 5. With clarification of the structures of the leuco compound and the purple dye, and of the mechanism of their formation, the autocatalytic formation of ferrihaemoglobin by DANO can now be described as shown in figure 5 (cf. Kiese and Renner 1976).

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1980

Erschienen:

1980

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems - 10(1980), 7-8 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 633-44

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Zum Mechanismus der autokatalytischen Ferrihämoglobinbildung durch Dimethylanilinoxid: Untersuchungen zur Aufklärung der Struktur von 2-Dimethylamino-4-(N-methylanilino)phenol

Beteiligte Personen:

Renner, G [VerfasserIn]
Gaber, H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

2-dimethylamino-4-(N-methylanilino)phenol
58639-24-0
9008-37-1
Aminophenols
Aniline Compounds
Coloring Agents
Cytochrome c Group
Dimethylaniline N-oxide
Hemoglobins
Journal Article
Methemoglobin
N3Q9LN57GP

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Date Completed 24.02.1981

Date Revised 08.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM062327186