A phosphate-catalysed acyl transfer reaction. Hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl acetate in phosphate buffers

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2559 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ O'Conner ◽  
RG Wallace

The pseudo-first-order rate constants for the phosphate-catalysed hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl acetate have been determined in water at 310.5 K. The reaction has been followed spectrophotometrically by the disappearance of the ester and with n.m.r, spectroscopy by the appearance of both acetyl phosphate and the acetate ion and by the disappearance of ester. A phosphate-catalysed acyl transfer mechanism has been identified, in which the aryl ester is attacked by phosphate to give acetyl phosphate which is subsequently hydrolysed by water to acetate ion and regenerated catalyst. At concentrations of total phosphate exceeding 1.0 mol dm-3 the presence of dimeric phosphate species causes the appearance of a non-linear rate-concentration profile. Catalysis has been also been observed in 2,2'-(propane-1,3-diyldiimino)bis(propane-1,3-diol) buffer solutions.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (14) ◽  
pp. 2455-2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Y. Lim ◽  
A. R. Stein

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl isonitrile has been examined. The initial hydrolysis product is N-methylformamide which is further hydrolyzed to methyl amine and formic acid at a much slower rate. The hydrolysis to N-methylformamide is pseudo-first order in methyl isonitrile and shows a linear rate dependence on concentration of general (buffer) acid at fixed pH. The significance of general acid-catalysis in terms of the mechanism of the hydrolysis is considered and taken as evidence for carbon protonation rather than nitrogen protonation as the initiating step.



2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikoletta Harsági ◽  
Betti Szőllősi ◽  
Nóra Zsuzsa Kiss ◽  
György Keglevich

Abstract The optimized HCl-catalyzed hydrolysis of alkyl diphenylphosphinates is described. The reaction times and pseudo-first-order rate constants suggested the iPr > Me > Et ∼ Pr ∼ Bu order of reactivity in respect of the alkyl group of the phosphinates. The MW-assisted p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA)-catalyzed variation means a better alternative possibility due to the shorter reaction times, and the alkaline hydrolysis is another option. The transesterification of alkyl diphenylphosphinates took place only in the presence of suitable ionic liquids, such as butyl-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphorate ([bmim][PF6]) and butyl-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF4]). The application of ethyl-methylimidazolium hydrosulfate ([emim][HSO4]) and butyl-methylimidazolium chloride ([bmim][Cl]) was not too efficient, as the formation of the ester was accompanied by the fission of the O–C bond resulting in the formation of Ph2P(O)OH. This surprising transformation may be utilized in the phosphinate → phosphinic acid conversion.



1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Adams ◽  
M C Berman

Abstract We describe a simple, highly reproducible kinetic technique for precisely measuring temperature in spectrophotometric systems having reaction cells that are inaccessible to conventional temperature probes. The method is based on the temperature dependence of pseudo-first-order rate constants for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of N-o-tolyl-D-glucosylamine. Temperatures of reaction cuvette contents are measured with a precision of +/- 0.05 degrees C (1 SD).





2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1718-1721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimisha Bania ◽  
Subhas Chandra Pan

An organocatalytic asymmetric cascade Michael/hemiketalization/acyl transfer reaction between (E)-2-(2-nitrovinyl)phenols and 1,3-propanediones is disclosed to generate products having keto, ester and nitro functionalities.



Holzforschung ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Hua Jiang ◽  
Jean Bouchard ◽  
Richard Berry

Abstract The finding that hexenuronic acid (HexA) groups can be selectively removed from kraft pulps by acid hydrolysis has provided an opportunity to reduce bleaching chemicals. However, there is evidence that the acid hydrolysis is not uniform. In this report, we evaluate the kinetics of acid hydrolysis of HexA in a xylan sample enriched with HexA, a conventional kraft pulp, and three modified kraft pulps: anthraquinone pulp (Kraft-AQ), polysulfide pulp (PS), and polysulfide-anthraquinone pulp (PS-AQ). We found that HexA present in the xylan and conventional kraft pulp behaved similarly toward the acid hydrolysis throughout. On the other hand, HexA present in the Kraft-AQ, PS-AQ and PS pulps was heterogeneous toward acid hydrolysis and the reaction can be separated into two pseudo-first-order kinetic phases, each of which has a different rate constant. The kinetic data provide evidence for the formation of lignin-HexA-xylan complexes during modified kraft pulping processes.



2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (38) ◽  
pp. 12867-12874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid I. Tamboli ◽  
Shobhana Krishnaswamy ◽  
Rajesh G. Gonnade ◽  
Mysore S. Shashidhar


2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (65) ◽  
pp. 8084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochem P. A. Rutters ◽  
Yvette Verdonk ◽  
Remko de Vries ◽  
Steen Ingemann ◽  
Henk Hiemstra ◽  
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