A
BTS
2-, 2,2'-azino
bis-(3-ethyl
benzthiazoline-6-sulfonate) dianion, was used as a reference to compare thereactivity of peroxyl radicals of two amino acids, glycine
and valine, in aqueous solutions at natural pH.Peroxyl radicals were produced
by pulse radiolysis
and the product of their reaction with ABTS
2- the ABTS
<IMG SRC="/images/entities/bull.gif">-radical was o
bserved spectrophotometrically. Experimental kinetic traces were fitted using chemical simulation.The rate constants of reactions of glycine
and valine peroxyl radicals with ABTS
2- were (6.0 ± 0.2) × 10
6and (1.3 ± 0.1) × 10
5 M
-1·s
-1, respectively. Moreover, it was found that only 60% of glycine radicalsformed upon its reaction with
bull.gif">OH radicals reacted with molecular oxygen to yield peroxyl radicals. Comparisonof experimental data with simulations of chemical reactions in irradiated ABTS
and ABTS/NaSCN solutionsshowed that ABTS
bull.gif">- forms in the reaction with
bull.gif">OH with a yield of 43%
and rate constant of (5.4 ± 0.2) ×10
9 M
-1·s
-1 and in the reaction with (SCN)
2bull.gif">- with a yield of 57%
and rate constant of (8.0 ± 0.2) × 10
8M
-1·s
-1.