10.9). Air Oxidation of Hydroquinone 29 to Quinone 27. A 15-mg sample of 29 partially air oxidized over the course of -1 month. Purification of 29 (1 g of SO2: solvent I) provided a small sample of pure 27: R, (solvent I) 0.28; NMR (CDCI,) 6 1.16 (t, 3 H, CH2CH3, J = 7 Hz), 2.00 (s, 3 H, CH,), 2.0 (masked m, 2 H, NCH2CH2), 2.31 (ddd, 1 H, = 8, 8, 17 Hz), 3.62 (m, 2 H, NCH2), 4.01 (s, 3 H, OCH,), 4.06 (q, 2 H, CH2CH,), 8.7 (br, 1 H, NH); IR (neat) 3325, 1675, 1661, 1650, 1591, 1573 cm-l.Metal-Catalyzed Cyclization of Hydroquinone 29 to Indoloquinone 16. To a stirred solution of 29 (8.0 mg, 0.02 mmol) in acetonitrile (0.42 mL) were added K2C03 (9.0 mg, 0.6 mmol, 320 mol %) and CuBr2 (1:O mg, 0.005 mmol, 20 mol %). Oxidation to purple 27 was seen within minutes. After 1 1 h the yellow mixture was filtered and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in chloroform, filtered, and evaporated to give 16 as a yellow solid (6.3 mg, 98%). identical with the material prepared above.Metal-Catalyzed Cyclization of Hydroquinone 28 to Indoloquinone 30. The above reaction was repeated on the same scale using hydroquinone 28. Isolation after 4.5 h gave 30: 6.3 mg (98%), mp 157-159 OC; R, (solvent I) 0.56; R, (column A, solvent G, 2 mL/min) 23.7; NMR NCHZCHZCHH, J = 8,8,17 Hz), 2.62 (ddd, 1 H, NCH2CH2CHH, J (CDCI,) 1.38 (t, 3 H, CH2CH3, J = 7.1 Hz), 2.01 (s, 3 H, CHS), 2.60(tt, 2 H, NCH,CH2), 3.12 (t, 2 H, NCH2CH2CH2, J = 7.6), 3.97 (s, 3 Addition of Vinylogous Carbamate 25 to Quinone 7 in the Presence of Copper. Ring Closure to Indoloquinone 3 Esters 16 and 30. To a rapidly stirred solution of 7 (50 mg, 0.16 mmol) and 25 (25 mg, 0.16 mmol) in acetonitrile (2 mL) were added K2C03 (78 mg, 0.56 mmol, 350 mol %), and CuBr2 (3.6 mg, 0.016 mmol, 10 mol %). After 5 days, the mixture was filtered and evaporated to a yellow solid (50 mg, 102%). NMR (CDCIJ analysis showed 16 and 30 in a ratio of 5/95. Preparative MPLC (solvent H) of 10 mg of the mixture gave base-line separation of 16 and 30 and a recovery of 9 mg of 30.Registry No. Mg(02CC-H z C O~C~H S )~, 37517-78-5; 2-methoxy-3-methylhydroquinone, 1760-80-1; 2,3-dibromo-5-methoxy-6-methylhydroquinone, 77357-50-7; homoproline ethyl ester acetate salt, 72866-98-9; 4-aminobutyric acid, 56-12-2.Abstract: The quantum yield for N O photodissociation from iron protoporphyrin 1-methylimidazole nitrosyl, FePP( I-MeIm)(NO), in the presence of excess 1-MeIm is wavelength independent, = 0.08-0.1, and the NO binding rate to the five-coordinate heme, Fe(PP)(l-MeIm), is kSNo = 1.7 & 0.7 X lo8 M-I s-l; for Fe(PP)(NO), = 0.05-0.08. This quantum yield is much higher than believed earlier but nevertheless appears to be significantly less than unity; the result is important to an understanding of heme-ligand photodissociation. In contrast for myoglobin and Tand R-state hemoglobin, k5 = 1.8 X lo7 M-' s-l a nd = lo-,. The observations for model systems and proteins (and comparable results for CO) can be understood self-consistently within a scheme for ligand binding and photorelease that incorporates as an int...