HYDROLYSIS OF A SERIES OF PRIMARY ALKYL CHLOROSULFATES: ENTROPY OF ACTIVATION AS A CRITERION OF FRAGMENTATION IN SOLVOLYTIC REACTIONS

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 556-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buncel ◽  
J. P. Millington
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Multiple Bond ◽  
Aqueous Dioxane ◽  
Methyl Ethyl ◽  
Straight Chain ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Entropy Of Activation ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Chlorine Bond

The solvolysis of the series of alkyl chlorosulfates, ROSO2Cl, where R = methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isobutyl, and neopentyl, has been studied in 10 M aqueous dioxane. The relative reactivities fit well a solvolytic mechanism involving displacement by water on carbon, with OSO2Cl as the leaving group. The change in mechanism of solvolysis from bimolecular with the straight-chain chlorosulfates to unimolecular with neopentyl chlorosulfate is shown by the absence of the lyate ion effect and the observation of rearrangement in the latter case.The entropies of activation in chlorosulfate solvolysis appear to be abnormally large. It is proposed that the abnormal ΔS≠ indicates a transition state in which both carbon–oxygen and sulfur–chlorine bond weakening occurs. It is shown that some other solvolytic reactions that are characterized by abnormally high entropies of activation may be interpreted on the basis of multiple bond fission (fragmentation). The mechanism of SNi reactions is considered in this context.

SOLVOLYSIS OF ALKYL CHLOROSULFATES: PART I. REACTION OF n-PROPYL CHLOROSULFATE WITH NUCLEOPHILES

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buncel ◽  
J. P. Millington
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Dioxane ◽  
Halide Ions ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Rate Of Reaction ◽  
Previous Proposal ◽  
Rate Of Hydrolysis ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Chlorine Bond ◽  
Bimolecular Mechanism

The effect of various reagents on the rate of hydrolysis of n-propyl chlorosulfate in 10 M aqueous dioxane is reported. Halide ions increase the rate of reaction (I− > Br− > Cl−) but perchlorate is without effect. Hydroxide and pyrrolidine have a strong accelerating effect, but only at higher concentrations. These observations support a bimolecular mechanism: rate-determining displacement by nucleophile on carbon, with OSO2Cl− as the leaving group. The present results are not in accord with a previous proposal that alkyl chlorosulfates react by rate-determining sulfur–chlorine bond fission followed by fast displacement by nucleophile on carbon.

Effect of Medium on Reactivity for Alkaline Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Acetate and S-p-Nitrophenyl Thioacetate in DMSO-H2O Mixtures of Varying Compositions: Ground State and Transition State Contributions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ik-Hwan Um ◽  
Seungjae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Kinetic Data ◽  
Reaction Medium ◽  
Stepwise Mechanism ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Second-order rate constants (kN) for reactions of p-nitrophenyl acetate (1) and S-p-nitrophenyl thioacetate (2) with OH‒ have been measured spectrophotometrically in DMSO-H2O mixtures of varying compositions at 25.0 ± 0.1 oC. The kN value increases from 11.6 to 32,800 M‒1s‒1 for the reactions of 1 and from 5.90 to 190,000 M‒1s‒1 for those of 2 as the reaction medium changes from H2O to 80 mol % DMSO, indicating that the effect of medium on reactivity is more remarkable for the reactions of 2 than for those of 1. Although 2 possesses a better leaving group than 1, the former is less reactive than the latter by a factor of 2 in H2O. This implies that expulsion of the leaving group is not advanced in the rate-determining transition state (TS), i.e., the reactions of 1 and 2 with OH‒ proceed through a stepwise mechanism, in which expulsion of the leaving group from the addition intermediate occurs after the rate-determining step (RDS). Addition of DMSO to H2O would destabilize OH‒ through electronic repulsion between the anion and the negative-dipole end in DMSO. However, destabilization of OH‒ in the ground state (GS) is not solely responsible for the remarkably enhanced reactivity upon addition of DMSO to the medium. The effect of medium on reactivity has been dissected into the GS and TS contributions through combination of the kinetic data with the transfer enthalpies (ΔΔHtr) from H2O to DMSO-H2O mixtures for OH‒ ion.

REACTIONS OF SULPHONIC ESTERS: VI. THE TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE RATE FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF A SERIES OF ALKYL BENZENESULPHONATES

1957 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 613-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Methyl Ethyl ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Coefficients ◽  
Nucleophilic Displacement ◽  
Rate Of Hydrolysis ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Data are presented showing temperature dependence of the rate of hydrolysis of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, and n-propyl benzenesulphonates in water. The heat of activation is shown to be temperature dependent to the extent of −30 to −40 cal./mole deg. Since, in solvolysis, the properties of water favor ionization over nucleophilic displacement, it is suggested that these temperature coefficients, ΔCp‡, and the accompanying entropy differences, ΔS‡, can be rationalized in terms of variations in the reorganization of the solvent about the transition state.

scholarly journals The catalytic consequences of experimental evolution. Transition-state structure during catalysis by the evolved β-galactosidases of Escherichia coli (ebg enzymes) changed by a single mutational event

1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
B F L Li ◽  
D Holdup ◽  
C A J Morton ◽  
M L Sinnott
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Mutational Event ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Steady State Kinetic ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Enzyme Intermediates ◽  
Sugar Ring ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

1. The first chemical step in the hydrolysis of galactosylpyridinium ions by the evolvant ebg enzyme is less sensitive to leaving-group acidity than in the case of the wild-type ebg enzyme, implying less glycone-aglycone-bond fission at the transition state. 2. The first chemical step in the hydrolysis of aryl galactosides by ebg enzyme is probably less sensitive to leaving-group acidity than in the case of ebg enzyme, possibly as a consequence of resulting in more effective proton donation to the leaving aglycone. 3. alpha-Deuterium kinetic isotope effects of 1.1(0) and beta-deuterium kinetic isotope effects of 1.0(0) were measured for the hydrolysis of galactosyl-enzyme intermediates derived from ebg and ebg enzymes: these effects are not compatible with reaction of the sugar ring through a 4C1-like conformation, or with an ionic glycosyl-enzyme intermediate. 4. The variation with pH of steady-state kinetic parameters for hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl galactoside by ebg and ebg enzymes and of 3-methylphenyl beta-galactoside, 3,4-dinitrophenyl beta-galactoside and beta-galactosyl-3-bromopyridinium ion by ebg enzyme was measured. The steep, non-classical, fall in activity against p-nitrophenyl galactoside at low pH observed with ebg and ebg enzymes is not observed with ebg enzymes.

THE HYDROLYSIS OF A SERIES OF STRAIGHT-CHAIN ALKYL METHANESULPHONIC ESTERS IN WATER

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 881-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. C. Barnard ◽  
R. E. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Rate Data ◽  
Methyl Ethyl ◽  
Straight Chain ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Rate data for the hydrolysis of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl methanesulphonate have been determined over sufficient range of temperature to permit an evaluation of the corresponding enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity terms for the activation process. Changes in these derived parameters are related to characteristic differences in solvation and mechanism as a consequence of changes in the structure of the hydrolyzing ester.

scholarly journals Pseudomonas putida MPE, a manganese-dependent endonuclease of the binuclear metallophosphoesterase superfamily, incises single-strand DNA in two orientations to yield a mixture of 3′-PO4 and 3′-OH termini

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreya Ghosh ◽  
Anam Ejaz ◽  
Lucas Repeta ◽  
Stewart Shuman
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Putida ◽  
Bound Water ◽  
Acid Catalyst ◽  
Nuclease Activity ◽  
Single Strand ◽  
Dna Endonuclease ◽  
Dependent Endonuclease ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Phosphodiester Hydrolysis ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Abstract Pseudomonas putida MPE exemplifies a novel clade of manganese-dependent single-strand DNA endonuclease within the binuclear metallophosphoesterase superfamily. MPE is encoded within a widely conserved DNA repair operon. Via structure-guided mutagenesis, we identify His113 and His81 as essential for DNA nuclease activity, albeit inessential for hydrolysis of bis-p-nitrophenylphosphate. We propose that His113 contacts the scissile phosphodiester and serves as a general acid catalyst to expel the OH leaving group of the product strand. We find that MPE cleaves the 3′ and 5′ single-strands of tailed duplex DNAs and that MPE can sense and incise duplexes at sites of short mismatch bulges and opposite a nick. We show that MPE is an ambidextrous phosphodiesterase capable of hydrolyzing the ssDNA backbone in either orientation to generate a mixture of 3′-OH and 3′-PO4 cleavage products. The directionality of phosphodiester hydrolysis is dictated by the orientation of the water nucleophile vis-à-vis the OH leaving group, which must be near apical for the reaction to proceed. We propose that the MPE active site and metal-bound water nucleophile are invariant and the enzyme can bind the ssDNA productively in opposite orientations.

Nitro–Nitrite Isomerization and Transition State Switching in the Dissociation of Ionized Nitromethane: A Threshold Photoelectron–Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Ferrier ◽  
Anne-Marie Boulanger ◽  
David M.P. Holland ◽  
David A. Shaw ◽  
Paul M. Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Cleavage Reaction ◽  
Nitrite Ion ◽  
Methyl Nitrite ◽  
Bond Cleavage Reaction ◽  
Entropy Of Activation ◽  
Lower Entropy

Threshold photoelectron–photoion coincidence (TPEPICO) spectroscopy has been employed to investigate the competition between bond cleavage and rearrangement reactions in the dissociation of ionized nitromethane, 1. Modeling TPEPICO breakdown diagrams with a combination of RRKM theory and ab initio calculations at the G3 level of theory allowed the derivation of the activation energy for the isomerisation of 1 to ionized methyl nitrite, 2, 82 kJ mol−1. In addition, evidence was found for a transition state switch in the bond cleavage reaction in 1 leading to CH3• + NO2+. As internal energy increases, the effective transition state for this reaction becomes tighter (i.e. is characterized by a lower entropy of activation, Δ‡S). Fitted thresholds for NO+ and CH2OHO+ ions, originating from the isomeric methyl nitrite ion, are consistent with G3 level ab initio calculations.

Transition state stabilization by deaminases: Rates of nonenzymatic hydrolysis of adenosine and cytidine

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd Frick ◽  
John P. Mac Neela ◽  
Richard Wolfenden
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Transition State Stabilization ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

THE ALKALINE CLEAVAGE OF o-NITROBENZYLTRIMETHYLSILANE SOLVENT EFFECTS IN THE DIOXANE–WATER SYSTEM

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1525-1530 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. R. Allcock
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Water System ◽  
Solvent Polarity ◽  
High Water ◽  
Aqueous Dioxane ◽  
Alkaline Cleavage ◽  
Rate Of Reaction ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of alkaline cleavage of o-nitrobenzyltrimethylsilane were examined in aqueous dioxane media. At high water concentrations, increases in solvent polarity retard the cleavage, as required by a mechanism involving charge dispersion in the transition state. At high dioxane concentrations, solvent polarity increases are accompanied by increases in the rate of reaction, a result which may reflect association between the solvent components.

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