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The Oxygen Radical-anion $\mathrm{O}_2^{\stackrel{\cdot}{-}}$ in Chemical and Biochemical Processes

I. B. Afanas'ev

NII Vitamins, Moscow

Abstract: The review considers studies of the chemical and biochemical processes with participation of the oxygen radical-anion $\mathrm{O}_2^{\stackrel{\cdot}{-}}$ and its principal physicochemical characteristics. Methods for the preparation of $\mathrm{O}_2^{\stackrel{\cdot}{-}}$ in aqueous and aprotic media, are examined as are protonation, nucleophilic substitution and oxidation-reduction reactions involving this species, the formation of $\mathrm{O}_2^{\stackrel{\cdot}{-}}$ in enzymatic processes and in photosynthesis, the role of $\mathrm{O}_2^{\stackrel{\cdot}{-}}$ in the oxygenation of haems, phagocytosis, pathological processes, the toxic effect of oxygen etc.
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UDC: 546.21+541.127

DOI: 10.1070/RC1979v048n06ABEH002337

 English version: Russian Chemical Reviews, 1979, 48:6, 527–549

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