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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Res Toxicol. 2012 Dec 27;26(1):112–123. doi: 10.1021/tx300417z

Table 3.

Rate Constants and Half Lives for BQ and BQD on pH 7.4 and 5.5.

Chemical ka(s−1) ks(s−1) t½(s) ki(s−1)
BQ (pH 7.4) 1.66 × 103 1.50 × 103 4.44 × 10−4 1.06 × 10−2
BQ (pH 5.5) 2.61 × 104 2.26 × 104 3.07 × 10−5 6.94 × 10−1

(EDG) pH 7.4
MBQ 3.87 × 102 3.23 × 102 2.14 × 10−3 5.74 × 10−3
tBBQ 2.39 × 101 2.31 × 101 3.00 × 10−2 8.06 × 10−4
DMBQ 7.47 × 10−1 7.27 × 10−1 9.54 × 10−1 2.93 × 10−4

(EWG) pH 7.4
CBQ 2.18 × 105 2.62 × 105 2.64 × 10−6 3.78 ×10−1
2,6-DCBQ 1.60 × 106 1.21 × 106 5.74 × 10−7 2.98
2,5-DCBQ 2.92 × 106 2.83 × 106 2.45 × 10−7 2.99 × 10−1

(EDG) pH 5.5
MBQ 1.51 × 103 1.60 × 103 4.34 × 10−4 1.71 × 10−3
tBBQ 3.60 × 102 3.37 × 102 2.06 × 10−3 3.33 × 10−2
DMBQ 1.05 × 101 1.25 × 101 5.56 × 10−2 1.48 × 10−3