Author:
Arthur-Baidoo Eugene,Izadi Farhad,Guerra Carlos,Garcia Gustavo,Ončák Milan,Denifl Stephan
Abstract
We have used a crossed electron molecular beam setup to investigate the behavior of the anticancer drug temozolomide (TMZ) upon the attachment of low-energy electrons (0–14 eV) in the gas phase. Upon a single electron attachment, eight anionic fragments are observed, the most intense being an anion with mass of 109 u at a resonance energy of 0 eV. Quantum chemical calculations suggest that this ion is generated after the tetrazine ring opens along a N–N bond and its fragments leave the molecule, forming an imidazole-carboxamide species. This ion represents the most abundant fragment, with further fragments following from its dissociation. The tetrazine ring cleavage reaction forming N2 is thus the driving force of TMZ reactivity upon electron attachment.
Funder
Austrian Science Fund
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy,Mathematical Physics,Materials Science (miscellaneous),Biophysics
Cited by
2 articles.
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