title: New syntheses of DNA adducts from methylated anilines present in tobacco smoke.
abstract: A new synthetic pathway for the formation of deoxyguanosine-monoarylamine adducts is described, involving the generation and use of arylnitrenes as electrophilic synthons. Photolysis of aryl azides, the most common method for generating arylnitrenes, was tested in the presence of 2'-deoxyguanosine. N-(2'-Deoxyguanosin-8-yl)monoarylamine (dG-C8-Ar) adducts were obtained, but the yields were typically low. Deoxygenation of nitro- and nitrosoarenes by triethyl phosphite in the presence of 2'-deoxyguanosine proved to be an effective method, by which dG-C8-Ar, (2'-deoxyguanosin-N1-yl)monoarylamine (dG-N1-Ar), and (2'-deoxyguanosin-O(6)-yl)monoarylamine (dG-O(6)-Ar) adducts were obtained in acceptable yields.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia, 2825-114 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chiarelli
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004249:DNA Damage; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001386:Azides; D018736:DNA Adducts; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D004247:DNA; D003849:Deoxyguanosine