Abstract
Both 1,4-benzoquinones and 1,4-naphthoquinones were attached to the non-proteinogenic amino acid taurine to form N-quinonyl taurine derivatives. The products were formed via the direct Michael-like addition or by substitution of a good leaving group. An attempt to bridge the two moieties via an ureido spacer resulted in the formation of a bis-quinonylamino isocyanurate derivative. Preliminary MO calculations provided internal ground-state geometries and orbital coefficients of the HOMO levels in two representing taurine conjugates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 281-287 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Amino Acids |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2003 |
Keywords
- Amino acids
- Isocyanates
- Isocyanurate
- Quinones
- Taurine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry