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Correlation between 13C NMR chemical shifts and antiradical activity of flavonoids

The 13C NMR chemical shifts of a range of flavonoids are predicted by the Mnova NMRPredict software and related to their radical scavenging activity (RSA). 13C NMR chemical shifts of C-atoms bearing phenolic OH groups associated with radical attack tend to decrease with increasing antiradical activity. For data set of 27 flavonoids a fair correlation (r = −0.881) was found between antiradical activity and minimal value of 13C NMR chemical shift (NMRmin) and it was similar to correlation (r = −0.850) obtained with the minimal O–H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDEmin) calculated by PM7 method. For particular flavonoid molecule, 13C NMR chemical shifts of C-atoms bearing phenolic OH groups nicely correlate with the corresponding O–H BDEs (e.g., for robinetin r = 0.953). For the complete data set there is a similar correlation between NMRmin and BDEmin values (r = 0.944). As a rule, NMRmin is related to nuclei bearing 3’, 4’-dihydroxy moiety in the B ring, or 3-OH phenolic group in the C ring, i.e., to the preferred sites of radical attack. Thus, the 13C NMR chemical shifts of C-atoms bearing phenolic OH groups are in accordance with the O–H BDEs, i.e., describe the H-atom donor ability of phenolic OH groups. The statistical significance of relationship between minimal 13C NMR chemical shift and RSA was verified by comparison with correlations between RSA and each of 1140 Dragon molecular descriptors, where the highest correlation coefficient of 0.812 was obtained.

flavonoids ; antiradical activity ; 13C NMR chemical shift ; MNova ; QSAR ; BDE

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