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Synthesis of hydroxyl radical scavengers from benzalacetone and its derivatives has been done. Benzalacetone synthesis was done by crossed aldol condensation between benzaldehyde and acetone with 1:1 mol ratio, while dibenzalacetone in 2:1 mol ratio. Benzalacetone derivatives were synthesized by replacing benzaldehyde with its derivatives, i.e. p-anisaldehyde, veratraldehyde and cinnamaldehyde. The compounds that were active as radical scavengers based on the IC50 value from the highest level were: dibenzalacetone, veratralacetone, dicinnamalacetone, diveratralacetone and anisalacetone.
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Journal of Physical Science, Vol. 19(2), 61–68, 2008 61
Synthesis of Hydroxyl Radical Scavengers
from Benzalacetone and its Derivatives
Sri Handayani* and Indyah Sulistyo Arty
Department of Chemical Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
State University of Yogyakarta, Karangmalang, Depok, Yogyakarta 55283, Indonesia
*Corresponding author: handayani137uny@yahoo.com
Abstract: Synthesis of hydroxyl radical scavengers from benzalacetone and its
derivatives has been done. Benzalacetone synthesis was done by crossed aldol
condensation between benzaldehyde and acetone with 1:1 mol ratio, while
dibenzalacetone in 2:1 mol ratio. Benzalacetone derivatives were synthesized by
replacing benzaldehyde with its derivatives, i.e. p-anisaldehyde, veratraldehyde and
cinnamaldehyde. The compounds that were active as radical scavengers based on the
IC50 value from the highest level were: dibenzalacetone, veratralacetone,
dicinnamalacetone, diveratralacetone and anisalacetone.
Keywords: benzalacetone and its derivatives, IC50, hydroxyl radical scavenger
1. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, epidemiological studies show that consumption of food
with high phenolic content correlates with decreasing cardiovascular diseases.1,2
Phenolic compounds may produce their beneficial effect by scavenging free
radicals. There has been much researchs which showed the implication of
oxidative and free radical in the mediated reaction on the degenerative processes
related to aging and other diseases.3,4 Several methods, both in vivo and in vitro,
have been developed to measure antioxidant performance. These methods focus
on different mechanisms of antioxidant including scavenging of oxygen and
hydroxyl radicals,5 reduction of lipid peroxyl radical, inhibition of lipid
peroxidation or chelation of metal ions. Thus, some methods that are based on the
mechanisms include β-carotene bleaching method,6 DPPH assay,7,8 thiobarbituric
acid reactive substance (TBARS) method,9 lipid peroxidation,10,11 and
deoxyribose assay.12 Free radical is one atom or molecule that has one or more
unpaired electrons. Theoretically, free radical will be formed if a covalent bond
happens to break. The compound which is scavenging hydroxyl radical can
decrease deoxyribose degradation. Deoxyribose degradation will produce
malonaldehyde that is identified by red color of the thiobarbituric acid (TBA)
complex.13
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Benzalacetone has a conjugated system and is expected to be easily
oxidized.14,15,16 The more the double bond, the easier it will be oxidized. Therefore,
it is assumed that benzalacetone and its derivatives will show antioxidant activity.
Therefore, the objectives of this study are: (1) to synthesize and characterize
benzalacetone and its derivatives, (2) to develop an oxidation system using
deoxyribose assay and (3) to determine the IC50 value of each of the antioxidant.
2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
2.1 Benzalacetone (1)
Into a solution of NaOH (0.05 mol, 2 g) in aqueous ethanol (1:1) that was
prepared at ambient temperature, benzaldehyde (0.02 mol, 2.12 g) was added
dropwise. After additional stirring for 10 min, acetone (0.02 mol, 1.17g) was
added dropwise and stirred for 30 min. Water (20 ml) was added to the reaction
mixture which was then filtered. The product was washed with water (20 ml x 3)
and purified by re-crystallizing from ethanol and allowed to dry.
2.2 Dibenzalacetone (2)
Similarly prepared by changing of the molar ratio of acetone:
benzaldehyde into 1:2. Similar procedure was repeated with p-anisaldehyde and
veratraldehyde, respectively, replacing benzaldehyde in order to synthesize their
derivatives (Fig. 1).
2.3 Cinnamalacetone and Dicinnamalacetone (3 & 4)
Synthesized with the same procedure but by using ice bath throughout
the stirring. Each product was characterized and analyzed by Shimadzu
FTIR 8300, Cary UV Varian 100 spectrophotometer, JEOL 60 MHz H-NMR
spectrophotometer.
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R1
R2
O
1
R1
R2
O
R1
R2
2
1
2
O
3
O
4
3 4
No R1 R2 Name of Compounds
1 H H Benzalacetone
OCH3 H Anisalacetone
OCH3 OCH3 Veratralacetone
2 H H Dibenzalacetone
OCH3 H Dianisalacetone
OCH3 OCH3 Diveratralacetone
3 - - Cinnamalacetone
4 - - Dicinnamalacetone
Figure 1: Structure of benzalacetone and its derivatives.
2.4 Deoxyribose Assay
The assay was performed as described by Halliwell.12 All solutions were
freshly prepared. Into a solution of 2-deoxyribose (0.2 ml 6 mM) was added
ascorbic acid (0.2 ml 0.01 mM), buffer phosphate (0.2 ml) (pH 7.4), H2O2, (0.2 ml
0.01 mM) 0.02 ml of various concentrations of benzalacetone or its derivatives
(50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 ppm), and ferrous sulphate (0.2 ml 0.1 mM). After
an incubation period of 30 min at 310 K, the extent of deoxyribose degradation
was measured by the TBA reaction. 3 ml of TBA and 3 ml of TCA were added to
the reaction mixture and heated for 15 min at 353 K. After the mixture being
cooled, the absorbance at λ 532 nm is noted against a blank (the same solution
but without sample). The percentage inhibition was calculated by the formula:
(%) 100%
blank sample
blank
AA
Ix
A
=
The IC50 value represented the concentration of the compounds that caused 50%
inhibition. BHT was used as a positive control.
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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Synthesis of benzalacetone and its derivatives were carried out by crossed
aldol condensation between acetone and benzaldehyde and its derivatives.17,18 The
structures of benzalacetone and its derivatives are shown in Figure 1.
The products of the synthesis were in the form of color powder ranging
from light yellow to brownish orange. The structures were identified by IR and
1H-NMR. The IR data comparison of the compounds is showed in Table 1, and
the 1H-NMR data shown in Table 2.
Table 1: The comparison of IR data of benzalacetone and its derivatives.
Functional group [У (cm–1)] Compound
CH
aromatic
CH
aliphatic
CO
carbonyl
C=C
aromatic
C-O
ether
Benzalacetone 3060–3028 2918 1651 1602–1450 -
Anisalacetone 3060 2966; 2841 1598,9 1573; 1419,5 1251–1178,4
Veratralacetone 3030 2939; 2839 1618 1512; 1419,5 1263–1103
Cinnamalacetone 3028 2854 1604 1569; 1446 -
Dibenzalacetone 3060–3028 - 1651 1593; 1494 -
Dianisalacetone 3030 2966; 2841 1598,9 1510; 1419 1253–1178,4
Diveratralacetone 3000 2966,7; 2837,1 1620 1512; 1421 1265–1110
Dicinnamalcetone 3028 - 1602,7 1568; 1448 -
Table 2: 1H-NMR data of benzalacetone and its derivatives.
Chemical shift [δ H (ppm)] Compound
H aromatic Hα Hβ Hγ etc H methoxy H methyl
Benzalacetone 7,2–7,7 (m) 7,8 (s) 6,9 (s) - - 1,9 (s)
Anisalacetone 7,6 (d), 7,0
(d)
7,8(s) 6,8 (s) - 3,8 (s) 2,1 (s)
Veratralacetone 7–7,7 (m) 7,8(s) 6,8 (s) - 3,9 (s) 1,2 (m)
Cinnamalacetone 7–7,5 (m) 6,8 (s) 6,7 (s) 6,5 (s) - -
Dibenzalacetone 7,2-7,7 (m) 7,8 (s) 6,9 (s) - - -
Dianisalacetone 7,6 (d), 7,0
(d)
7,8(s) 5,3 (s) - 3,8 (s) -
Diveratralacetone 7–7,6 (m) 7,8(s) 6,8 (s) - 3,9 (s) -
Dicinnamalcetone 7–7,5 (m) 6,8 (s) 6,7 (s) 6,5 (s) - -
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There is no significant difference in the IR spectra because the
benzalacetone and dibenzalacetone derivatives are very similar. The only
difference is that there are methyl group and C-H aliphatic bonding in
benzalacetone, but there is not in dibenzalacetone.
Data of 1H-NMR spectra of the compounds are similar. The only
difference is the peak area integration that showed the number of protons. There
is a peak at δ 1–2 ppm in the 1H-NMR spectra of benzalacetone and its
derivatives but none in the 1H-NMR of dibenzalacetone and its derivatives.
The
1H-NMR data of cinnamalacetone and dicinnamalacetone showed
that there are differences in the peak area integration at δ 6.5 ppm. It explains that
the compounds have Hγ of longer conjugated system.
The activity test as a hydroxyl radical scavenger was conducted in vitro
by using Halliwell method.12 The reaction was started by adding ferrous sulphate
and H2O2 to produce a radical that will react with deoxyribose. The reaction was
stopped by adding TBA reagent that would give a red color if the malonaldehyde
was formed as the result of the reaction between the radical and deoxyribose. The
absorbance of the red color was measured by using a UV spectrophotometer at
the optimum wave number. The percentage (%) activity as antioxidant was
calculated as the percentage of the absorbance decrease of the product of the
synthesis that could prevent the degradation of the 2-deoxyribose compared to
the blank. When the sample of the synthesis works well as the hydroxyl radical
scavenger, then it will decrease the deoxyribose degradation so that the
malonaldehyde-TBA complex will only give low intensity of red color. Thus, the
more intense the red color, the less active the sample is. The graph of the
antioxidant activity of the various synthesized compounds is presented in Figures
2 and 3.
% activit
y
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
concentration (ppm)
Figure 2: Antioxidant activity of benzalacetone and its derivatives.
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Figure 3: Antioxidant activity of dibenzalacetone and its derivatives.
From the graphs the IC50 values of the 8 samples by using regression
linear equation are shown in Table 3. The result of the research shows that the
compounds in decreasing activity as hydroxyl radical scavengers based on the
IC50 values are veratralacetone, dicinnamalacetone, diveratralacetone and
anisalacetone. No structure-activity relationship can be deduced from the above
results.
4. CONCLUSION
From the above research, it is concluded that the synthesis of several
compounds using 1:1 acetone:benzaldehyde and its derivatives yielded
benzalacetone, anisalacetone, veratralacetone dan cinnamalacetone. Meanwhile,
the synthesis using 1:2 acetone:benzaldehyde and its derivatives yielded
dibenzalacetone, dianisalacetone, diveratralacetone and dicinnamalacetone.
Table 3: The results of synthesis benzalacetone and its derivatives.
Product Color IC50 Activity
Benzalacetone light yellow 1036,2 low active
Dibenzalacetone light yellow 209,62 active
Anisalacetone yellow 662,44 active
Dianisalacetone yellow 1812,7 low active
Veratralacetone orange 354,38 active
Diveratralacetone orange 403,07 active
Cinnamalacetone brownish orange 13.040 inactive
Dicinnamalacetone brownish orange 377,20 active
BHT 198,22 active
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
concentration (ppm)
% activit
y
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
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The benzalacetone derivatives that are active as hydroxyl radical scavengers are
anisalacetone and veratralacetone, while the dibenzalacetone derivatives with
intense activity in scavenging the hydroxyl radical are dibenzalacetone,
diveratralacetone dan dicinnamalacetone.
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