title: Further structural analysis of rat liver microsomal metabolites of 2-methylnaphthalene.
abstract: The oxidative metabolites of 2-methylnaphthalene (2-MN) were extracted from rat liver microsome suspensions. One monohydroxylated and three isomeric dihydrodiol metabolites of 2-MN were isolated and purified by HPLC. The metabolites were characterized by GC-MS together with 1H Fourier transform (1HFT) NMR. The identification of a 2-MN-monohydroxylated product as 2-hydroxymethylnaphthalene was confirmed by comparison of its HPLC retention time and NMR spectrum with that of a synthetic standard. The three isomeric dihydrodiol metabolites had different HPLC retention times, fragmentation patterns, ultraviolet, and 1H NMR spectra. GC-MS of the silylated dihydrodiols revealed the consistent presence of an ion peak at m/z 320, indicative of a disilylated dihydrodiol. Analysis of the 1H FT NMR spectra revealed the metabolites to be the 3,4-dihydrodiol, 5,6-dihydrodiol, and 7,8-dihydrodiol of 2-methylnaphthalene.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; C027384:2-methylnaphthalene