Ferulic acid is a potent antioxidant found in tomatoes and other vegetables that
Chapter 18, Problem 18.63(choose chapter or problem)
Ferulic acid is a potent antioxidant found in tomatoes and other vegetables that protects against oxidative stress in neuronal cells, and is thus of some interest in research on Alzheimers disease. (See the sidebar, pp. 552553.) H H HO C C CH3O O OH C 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid (ferulic acid) (a) Show how a free radical R would react with ferulic acid, and include resonance structures of the product radical. (b) Would the isomer of ferulic acid, 3-hydroxy-4- methoxycinnamic acid, be equally effective as a free-radical inhibitor? Explain.
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