Issue 42, 2022

Evaluation and comparison of antioxidant abilities of five bioactive molecules with C–H and O–H bonds in thermodynamics and kinetics

Abstract

In this work, the antioxidant abilities of NADH coenzyme analogue BNAH, F420 reduction prototype analogue F420H, vitamin C analogue iAscH, caffeic acid, and (+)-catechin in acetonitrile in chemical reactions were studied and discussed. Three physical parameters of the antioxidant XH, homolytic bond dissociation free energy ΔG°(XH), self-exchange HAT reaction activation free energy ΔGXH/X, and thermo-kinetic parameter ΔG≠°(XH), were used to evaluate the antioxidant ability of XH in thermodynamics, kinetics, and thermo-kinetics. By comparing ΔG°(XH), ΔGXH/X and ΔG≠°(XH) of these five bioactive antioxidants to release hydrogen atoms, it is easy to find that iAscH is the best hydrogen atom donor both thermodynamically and kinetically among these antioxidants. Caffeic acid is the worst hydrogen atom donor thermodynamically, and F420H is the worst hydrogen atom donor kinetically. In addition, the thermodynamic hydride donating abilities of BNAH, F420H, and iAscH were also discussed, and the order of thermodynamic hydride donating abilities was BNAH > F420H > iAscH. Four HAT reactions BNAH/DPPH˙, (+)-catechin/DPPH˙, F420H/DPPH˙, and caffeic acid/DPPH˙ in acetonitrile at 298 K were studied by the stopped-flow method. The actual order of H-donating abilities of these four antioxidants in the HAT reactions is consistent with the order predicted by thermo-kinetic parameters. It is feasible to predict accurately the antioxidant abilities of antioxidants using thermo-kinetic parameters.

Graphical abstract: Evaluation and comparison of antioxidant abilities of five bioactive molecules with C–H and O–H bonds in thermodynamics and kinetics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 borg 2022
Accepted
10 čakč 2022
First published
27 čakč 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27389-27395

Evaluation and comparison of antioxidant abilities of five bioactive molecules with C–H and O–H bonds in thermodynamics and kinetics

Y. Fu, Z. Wang, K. Wang, G. Shen and X. Zhu, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 27389 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA04839F

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