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Gas-phase reactivity of a positively charged aromatic σ,σ-biradical (N-methyl-6,8-didehydroquinolinium) was examined toward six aliphatic amino acids and 15 dipeptides by using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR) and laser-induced acoustic desorption (LIAD). While previous studies have revealed that H-atom and NH2 abstractions dominate the reactions of related monoradicals with aliphatic amino acids and small peptides, several additional, unprecedented reaction pathways were observed for the reactions of the biradical. For amino acids, these are 2H-atom abstraction, H2O abstraction, addition — CO2, addition — HCOOH, and formation of a stable adduct. The biradical reacts with aliphatic dipeptides similarly as with aliphatic amino acids, but undergoes also one additional reaction pathway, addition/C-terminal amino acid elimination (addition — CO — NHCHRC). These reactions are initiated by H-atom abstraction by the biradical from the amino acid or peptide, or nucleophilic addition of an NH2 or a HO group of the amino acid or peptide at the radical site at C-6 in the biradical. Reactions of the unquenched C-8 radical site then yield the products not observed for related monoradicals. The biradical reacts with aromatic dipeptides with an aromatic ring in N-terminus (i.e., Tyr-Leu, Phe-Val, and Phe-Pro) similarly as with aliphatic dipeptides. However, for those aromatic dipeptides that contain an aromatic ring in the C-terminus (i.e., Leu-Tyr and Ala-Phe), one additional pathway, addition/N-terminal amino acid elimination (addition — CO — NHCHRN), was observed. This reaction is likely initiated by radical addition of the biradical at the aromatic ring in the C-terminus. Related monoradicals add to aromatic amino acids and small peptides, which is followed by Cα-Cβ bond cleavage, resulting in side-chain abstraction by the radical. For biradicals, with one unquenched radical site after the initial addition, the reaction ultimately results in the loss of the N-terminal amino acid. Similar to monoradicals, the C-S bond in amino acids and dipeptides was found to be especially susceptible to biradical attack.
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Fu, M., Li, S., Archibold, E. et al. Reactions of an aromatic σ,σ-biradical with amino acids and dipeptides in the gas phase. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 21, 1737–1752 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2010.06.010
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