Significant enhancement of electron transfer reduction of NAD(+) analogues by complexation with scandium ion and the detection of the radical intermediate-scandium ion complex.

Abstract

4-Acetyl-N,N-diisopropyl-1-benzylnicotinamidinium ion (ABNA(+)) and 1-benzyl-4-phenylnicotinamidinium ion (PhBNA(+)) were newly synthesized as NAD(+) analogues to examine the electron-transfer reactivity and the effects of metal ions on the reactivity in comparison with those of 1-benzylnicotinamidinium ion (BNA(+)) and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+)) which has no amide or acetyl group. A remarkable positive shift in the one-electron reduction potential of ABNA(+) was observed in the presence of Sc(3+) which forms a 1:1 complex with ABNA(+) through both acetyl and amide groups, whereas no such shift in the presence of Sc(3+) was observed for the one-electron reduction of MPP(+) which has no acetyl or amide group. Similar but less positive shifts in the one-electron reduction potentials were observed in the presence of Sc(3+) for the one-electron reduction of BNA(+) and PhBNA(+) both of which have only one amide group. The rate of electron-transfer reduction of ABNA(+) is enhanced significantly by the complexation with Sc(3+) to produce stable ABNA(*)-Sc(3+) complex which has been successfully detected by ESR. The electron self-exchange rates of the MPP(*)/MPP(+) system have been determined from the ESR line width variation and are compared with those of the ABNA(*)/ABNA(+) system.