{"title":"Model studies on flavin-dependent carbonyl-activation: reduction of carbonyl compounds by flavohydroquinone.","authors":"G Blankenhorn, S Ghisla, P Hemmerich","doi":"10.1515/znb-1972-0909","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The reduction of aldehydes by flavohydroquinone to yield the corresponding alcohols and flavoquinone is reported and discussed in view of its relevance to the mechanism of flavin-dependent dehydrogenation and carbonyl activation. With formaldehyde and flavohydroquinone formation of a covalent 5- (HO - CH2) Flred⁻ intermediate species is observed. In a reverse reaction 5-methylflavoquinonium cation undergoes an internal redox reaction to yield flavohydroquinone and formaldehyde.","PeriodicalId":78857,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Teil B. Anorganische Chemie, organische Chemie, Biochemie, Biophysik, Biologie","volume":"27 9","pages":"1038-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1972-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/znb-1972-0909","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Teil B. Anorganische Chemie, organische Chemie, Biochemie, Biophysik, Biologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-1972-0909","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Abstract
The reduction of aldehydes by flavohydroquinone to yield the corresponding alcohols and flavoquinone is reported and discussed in view of its relevance to the mechanism of flavin-dependent dehydrogenation and carbonyl activation. With formaldehyde and flavohydroquinone formation of a covalent 5- (HO - CH2) Flred⁻ intermediate species is observed. In a reverse reaction 5-methylflavoquinonium cation undergoes an internal redox reaction to yield flavohydroquinone and formaldehyde.