Fundamental studies on kinetic isotope effect (KIE) of hydrogen isotope fractionation in natural gas systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 2696-2707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunyan Ni ◽  
Qisheng Ma ◽  
Geoffrey S. Ellis ◽  
Jinxing Dai ◽  
Barry Katz ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 4870-4876 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hunkeler ◽  
R. Aravena

ABSTRACT Carbon isotope fractionation during aerobic mineralization of 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) by Xanthobacter autotrophicusGJ10 was investigated. A strong enrichment of 13C in residual 1,2-DCA was observed, with a mean fractionation factor α ± standard deviation of 0.968 ± 0.0013 to 0.973 ± 0.0015. In addition, a large carbon isotope fractionation between biomass and inorganic carbon occurred. A mechanistic model that links the fractionation factor α to the rate constants of the first catabolic enzyme was developed. Based on the model, it was concluded that the strong enrichment of 13C in 1,2-DCA arises because the first irreversible step of the initial enzymatic transformation of 1,2-DCA consists of an SN2 nucleophilic substitution. SN2 reactions are accompanied by a large kinetic isotope effect. The substantial carbon isotope fractionation between biomass and inorganic carbon could be explained by the kinetic isotope effect associated with the initial 1,2-DCA transformation and by the metabolic pathway of 1,2-DCA degradation. Carbon isotope fractionation during 1,2-DCA mineralization leads to 1,2-DCA, inorganic carbon, and biomass with characteristic carbon isotope compositions, which may be used to trace the process in contaminated environments.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Henry Werstiuk

Methyl exo-2-bromo-1-norobornanecarboxylate-endo,endo-5,6-d2 (1b) has been prepared and solvolyzed at 112° in 80:20 EtOH-H2O buffered with NaOAc. The loss of 85–90% of the deuterium available on the front face of 1b in the formation of the tricyclic ester 6D coupled with a novel analysis established that the endo:exo preference for 1,3 elimination is at least 15:1 to 20:1. A comparison of the solvolytic kinetic isotope effect (1.18 ± 0.04) for 1b and the 1,3-elimination kinetic isotope effect (1.45–1.6) with data for 1,2 eliminations indicates that elimination occurs from the classical, perhaps 1,3 hyperconjugatively stabilized carbocation 20. The endo:exo preference established in this study is used to reinterpret 1,3-elimination data determined by Collins in the solvolysis of deuteriohydroxyphenyl norbornyl tosylates.


1966 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Palm

The temperature dependence of the kinetic isotope effect of NADH-T in the acetaldehyde reduction by yeast alcohol dehydrogenase showed a discontinuity which can be explained by a change of the rate controlling step. The magnitude of the isotope effect is largely dependent on the nature of the unlabelled aldehyde and increases in the order acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde. This is a direct indication that the second substrate influences the nature of the H-transfer from NADH. During substrate binding the aldehyde causes an effect on the transferable H of NADH. This effect is less pronounced for the less effective substrates propionaldehyde and butyraldehyde. Comparing the homologue aldehydes the small size of the isotope effect gives an indication that acetaldehyde is the natural substrate of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase.The purification of NADH-T on DEAE-Cellulose is connected with isotope fractionation which amounts to 0.4 — 1.1% of retention volume.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliy A. Vavilin

The ratio of stable carbon isotopes (13C/12C) in different environments serves as a significant limitation in estimating the global balance of methane [Hornibrook et al., 2000]. In this case, the value of 13C/12C largely depends on the kinetic isotope effect associated with the metabolism of microorganisms that produce and consume CH4. The article suggests a dynamic model of the processes of methane formation and its anaerobic oxidation with nitrate by methanotrophic denitrifying microorganisms (DAOM), which allowed estimating the fractionation factor of stable carbon isotopes. In the experiment with peat from the minerotrophic bog [Smemo, Yavitt, 2007], the dynamics of the amount of methane and was measured. The dynamic model showed that the introduction of nitrate leads to a slow decrease in the partial pressure of methane. Since methane in the DAOM process is a substrate, methane is enriched with heavier carbon 13C in the system under study. This leads to an increase in the value . The carbon isotope fractionation factor during methane oxidation with nitrate was equal to 1.018 and comparable with the fraction of carbon isotope fractionation in the process of acetoclastic methanogenesis (1.01). Model calculations have shown that during incubation the apparent fractionation factor of carbon isotopes with the simultaneous formation of methane and DAOM slowly decreases. The ratio of 13C/12C isotopes in dissolved and gaseous methane practically does not differ. The model showed that an increase in the initial concentration of nitrate increases the rate of DAOM, which leads to a decrease in the concentration of dissolved methane. In this case, the value of 13C/12C increases. In field studies, Shi et al. (2017) showed that the presence of DAOM in peat bogs in which fertilizers penetrate can be controlled by the amount of nitrate used and the depth of penetration into the anoxic layer. Two MATLAB files describing DAOM are attached to the article.


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