Antioxidant potential attributed to aromatic OH group in vitamin B6 is studied.
Thermodynamics of homolytic and heterolytic OH bond cleavage is examined.
B3LYP, M05-2X and M06-2X functionals with two solvation models are employed.
Results are confronted with data available for phenol, α-tocopherol and flavonoids.
Vitamin B6 may show weaker antioxidant effect than typical phenolic antioxidants.