Pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis-initiated one-electron oxidation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa) and other catecholamines have allowed the direct measurement of the kinetics of semiquinone disproportionation leading successively to the corresponding melanin precursors dopaquinones and dopachromes.
M. R. Chedekel, E. J. Land, A. Thompson and T. G. Truscott, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1984, 1170 DOI: 10.1039/C39840001170
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