Open-chain nitrogen compounds. Part XV. A kinetic study of the hydrolysis of 1-aryl-3-aryloxymethyl-3-methyltriazenes and related triazenes

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 2224-2233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Vaughan ◽  
Donald L. Hooper ◽  
Marcus P. Merrin

The kinetics of hydyrolysis of a series of 1-aryl-3-aryloxymethyl-3-methyltriazenes, Ar-N=N-NMe-CH2OAr′, was studied over the pH range 2–7.5. Reactions were followed by the change in UV absorbance spectra of the triazenes. The aryloxymethyltriazenes decompose more slowly at pH 7.5 than the hydroxymethyltriazenes, Ar-N=NMe-CH2OH; the hydrolysis is favoured by the presence of an electron-withdrawing group in Ar′. A mixed isopropanol/buffer system was developed in order to improve solubility of the aryloxymethyl triazenes. Lowering the pH caused an increase in the rate of hydrolysis and under strongly acidic conditions an electron-withdrawing group in Ar′ actually slows down the reaction. A Hammett plot of the pseudo-first-order rate constant, kobs, is curved, indicating that two or more mechanisms operate simultaneously and that the contribution of each mechanism is substituent-dependent. A plot of kobs vs. [buffer] is linear; the slope of the plot affords the rate constant, kb for the buffer-catalyzed reaction for each substituent. A Hammett plot of kb vs. σ is linear with ρ = +0.55, suggesting that the buffer-catalyzed reaction involves nucleophilic displacement of the phenoxy group by the buffer anion. Further analysis afforded the specific acid-catalyzed rate constants, [Formula: see text], for each substituent; this component of the reaction has a negative ρ, consistent with a mechanism involving protonation at the ether oxygen. The postulation that specific acid catalysis is a component of the reaction mechanism was confirmed by the observation of a solvent deuterium isotope effect, 2.28 > kH/kD > 1.60. Only the p-NO2 and p-CN phenyloxymethyltriazenes showed any spontaneous decomposition.

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1943 ◽  
Author(s):  
SJ Dunne ◽  
RC Burns ◽  
GA Lawrance

Oxidation of Ni2+,aq, by S2O82- to nickel(IV) in the presence of molybdate ion, as in the analogous manganese system, involves the formation of the soluble heteropolymolybdate anion [MMogO32]2- (M = Ni, Mn ). The nickel(IV) product crystallized as (NH4)6 [NiMogO32].6H2O from the reaction mixture in the rhombohedra1 space group R3, a 15.922(1), c 12.406(1) � ; the structure was determined by X-ray diffraction methods, and refined to a residual of 0.025 for 1741 independent 'observed' reflections. The kinetics of the oxidation were examined at 80 C over the pH range 3.0-5.2; a linear dependence on [S2O82-] and a non-linear dependence on l/[H+] were observed. The influence of variation of the Ni/Mo ratio between 1:10 and 1:25 on the observed rate constant was very small at pH 4.5, a result supporting the view that the precursor exists as the known [NiMo6O24H6]4- or a close analogue in solution. The pH dependence of the observed rate constant at a fixed oxidant concentration (0.025 mol dm-3) fits dequately to the expression kobs = kH [H+]/(Ka+[H+]) where kH = 0.0013 dm3 mol-1 s-1 and Ka = 4-0x10-5. The first-order dependence on peroxodisulfate subsequently yields a second-order rate constant of 0.042 dm3 mol-1 s-1. Under analogous conditions, oxidation of manganese(II) occurs eightfold more slowly than oxidation of nickel(II), whereas oxidation of manganese(II) by peroxomonosulfuric acid is 16-fold faster than oxidation by peroxodisulfate under similar conditions.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (18) ◽  
pp. 3059-3063 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Roman ◽  
H. B. Dunford ◽  
M. Evett

The kinetics of the oxidation of iodide ion by horseradish peroxidase compound II have been studied as a function of pH at 25° and ionic strength of 0.11. The logarithm of the second-order rate constant decreases linearly from 2.3 × 105 to 0.1 M−1 s−1 with increasing pH over the pH range 2.7 to 9.0. The pH dependence of the reaction is explained in terms of an acid dissociation outside the pH range of the study.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn E. Purdie ◽  
R. M. Heggie

The kinetics of the hydrolysis of N,N-dimethyl-2-phenylaziridinium ion (DPA) have been studied over the pH range 5.5–8.0 as have the kinetics of the interaction of DPA with bovine erythrocyte acetyl-cholinesterase. The enzyme is initially inhibited reversibly and subsequently irreversibly towards acetylcholine hydrolysis. The hydrolysis of DPA was found to be pH independent over the range studied while the reversible noncompetitive inhibition increased with increasing pH, the data suggesting the requirement for a basic group on the enzyme with a pKa of about 6.5.Between pH values of 6.0 and 8.0 the kinetics of the irreversible inhibition are consistent with either of two kinetically indistinguishable mechanisms, one involving transformation of the initial reversible complex and the other an independent attack on the uncomplexed enzyme. The first mechanism gives rise to a first-order rate constant which is comparable with that for the hydrolysis of DPA but which increases with decreasing pH; an acidic group on the enzyme with pKa between 6.0 and 7.0 may be involved. The second-order rate constant arising from the second treatment goes through a maximum at pH 7.3. At pH 5.5 the kinetics are not consistent with either mechanism.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. James Maguire ◽  
H. Brian Dunford ◽  
Martin Morrison

The kinetics of the formation of the primary lactoperoxidase – hydrogen peroxide compound (compound I) at 25 °C have been studied over the pH range 3.0–10.8 by steady state methods. The second-order rate constant k1 is pH-independent over the pH region investigated, having a value of (9.2 ± 0.9) × 106M−1s−1. An anomalous effect of formate buffer on the kinetics of the formation of compound I is reported.


1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 476-479
Author(s):  
Donald C. Wigfield ◽  
Douglas M. Goltz

The kinetics of the reconstitution reaction of apotyrosinase with copper (II) ions are reported. The reaction is pseudo first order with respect to apoenzyme and the values of these pseudo first order rate constants are reported as a function of copper (II) concentration. Two copper ions bind to apoenzyme, and if the second one is rate limiting, the kinetically relevant copper concentration is the copper originally added minus the amount used in binding the first copper ion to enzyme. This modified copper concentration is linearly related to the magnitude of the pseudo first order rate constant, up to a copper concentration of 1.25 × 10−4 M (10-fold excess), giving a second order rate constant of 7.67 × 102 ± 0.93 × 102 M−1∙s−1.Key words: apotyrosinase, copper, tyrosinase.


1973 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Neuberger ◽  
Wendy A. Ratcliffe

The hydrolysis of the model compound 2-O-methyl-4,7,8,9-tetra-O-acetyl-N-acetyl-α-d-neuraminic acid and neuraminidase (Vibrio cholerae) closely resembled that of the O-acetylated sialic acid residues of rabbit Tamm–Horsfall glycoprotein. This confirmed that O-acetylation was responsible for the unusually slow rate of acid hydrolysis of O-acetylated sialic acid residues observed in rabbit Tamm–Horsfall glycoprotein and their resistance to hydrolysis by neuraminidase. The first-order rate constant of hydrolysis of 2-methyl-N-acetyl-α-d-neuraminic acid by 0.05m-H2SO4 was 56-fold greater than that of 2-O-methyl-4,7,8,9-tetra-O-acetyl-N-acetyl -α-d-neuraminic acid. Kinetic studies have shown that in the pH range 1.00–3.30, the observed rate of hydrolysis of 2-methyl-N-acetyl-α-d-neuraminic acid can be attributed to acid-catalysed hydrolysis of the negatively charged CO2− form of the methyl ketoside.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1249-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Rao ◽  
T. Hofmann

The reaction of elastase with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid was investigated in the pH range 9–12. Elastase was found to be inactivated by 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. The pH dependence of the pseudo first-order inactivation rate constant showed a pK of 10.3 and gave a Hill plot coefficient of 1.15. Trinitrophenol did not inactivate the enzyme. These results indicate that the inactivation is due to the covalent reaction of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid with a single group in the enzyme. This group is not the N-terminal since the loss of N-terminal valine was considerably slower than the loss of activity at pH 10.5. The inactivation of elastase with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene also showed no correlation with the loss of the N-terminal. When the enzyme was exhaustively treated and fully inactivated with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid at pH 10.5, the N-terminal valine and two out of three lysine residues were trinitrophenylated. No evidence for the loss of histidine was found. One of the tyrosine residues may be trinitrophenylated as judged from the molar extinction of the trinitrophenylated protein, but it has not been possible to isolate a trinitrophenylated tyrosine-containing peptide. The results can be interpreted in one of two ways: (a) trinitrophenylation of a group with a pK of 10.3, not involved in the activity, inactivates because the introduction of the trinitrophenyl residue causes a denaturation of the enzyme; or (b) a group with a pK of 10.3 controls the active conformation of the enzyme. The results do not exclude the possibility that the N-terminal plays an important role in the activity of the enzyme. Below pH 10.5 the reactivity of the N-terminal is low, indicating that it is buried.At pH 9.0 only the ε-amino group of lysine in position 224 reacted with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid and full activity was retained. The second-order rate constant for the trinitrophenylation of this group was 25 times higher than that of the ε-amino group of the α-N-benzoyllysine.


1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 2377 ◽  
Author(s):  
NH Williams ◽  
JK Yandell

Standard potentials of the redox couples [bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate)MIII]-/2- ([M(dipic)2]-/2-, where M = Fe, Ru, Co) have been determined at 25�C, and ionic strength 0.1M (NaClO4 or KNO3). Kinetics of reduction of the oxidized complexes by ascorbate have also been examined under the same conditions. The [Fe(dipic)2]-/2- potential was found to be 355 � 5 mV. Reduction of [Fe(Fe(dipic)2]- in the pH range 4-6 was shown to occur by reaction with ascorbate monoanion (HA-) with a rate constant of (2.2 � 0.2) × 103 1. mol-1 s-1, and ascorbate dianion(A2-) with a rate constant of (7 � 1) × 108 1. mol-1 s-1. K [Ru(dipic)2] has been synthesized. Spectroscopic and analytical evidence suggest that it is a simple six-coordinate species in the solid and in non-aqueous solvents, but that in water it exists as an equilibrium mixture of at least two species. The redox potential for this mixture was found to be 270 � 10 mV. The major component of this mixture is reduced by A2- with a rate constant of (4.7 � 0.1) × 1081.mol-1 s-1. A value of 747 � 5 mV was measured for the redox potential of the cobalt couple, although equilibration of this system with the inert electrode could be achieved only by using [Fe(bpy)2(CN)2] as a mediator. Kinetics of reduction of [Co(dipic)2]- by ascorbate were complex and not reproducible.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-554
Author(s):  
J Pieters ◽  
T Lindhout ◽  
G Willems

Generation and inhibition of activated factor IXa was studied in factor XIa-activated plasma containing 4 mmol/L free calcium ions and 20 mumol/L phospholipid (25 mol% phosphatidylserine/75 mol% phosphatidylcholine). Interference of other (activated) clotting factors with the factor IXa activity measurements could be avoided by using a highly specific and sensitive bioassay. Factor IXa generation curves were analyzed according to a model that assumed Michaelis-Menten kinetics of factor XIa-catalyzed factor IXa formation and pseudo first order kinetics of inhibition of factor XIa and factor IXa. In the absence of heparin, factor IXa activity in plasma reached final levels that were found to increase with increasing amounts of factor XIa used to activate the plasma. When the model was fitted to this set of factor IXa generation curves, the analysis yielded a rate constant of inhibition of factor XIa of 0.7 +/- 0.1 min-1 and a kcat/Km ratio of 0.29 +/- 0.01 (nmol/L)-1 min-1. No neutralization of factor IXa activity was observed (the estimated rate constant of inhibition of factor IXa was 0). Thus, in the absence of heparin, the final level of factor IXa in plasma is only dependent on the initial factor XIa concentration. While neutralization of in situ generated factor IXa in normal plasma was negligible, unfractionated heparin dramatically enhanced the rate of inactivation of factor IXa (apparent second order rate constant of inhibition of 5.2 min-1/per microgram heparin/mL). The synthetic pentasaccharide heparin, the smallest heparin chain capable of binding antithrombin III, stimulated the inhibition of in situ generated factor IXa, but sevenfold less than unfractionated heparin (k = 0.76 min-1 per microgram pentasaccharide/mL). We found that free calcium ions were absolutely required to observe an unfractionated heparin and pentasaccharide-stimulated neutralization of factor IXa activity. Factor XIa inhibition (psuedo first order rate constant of 0.7 min-1) was not affected by unfractionated heparin or pentasaccharide in the range of heparin concentrations studied.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 1792-1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Kluger ◽  
David C. Pire ◽  
Jik Chin

Dimethyl acetylphosphonate (DAP) is rapidly cleaved in water to acetate and dimethylphosphonic acid. The half time for reaction at pH 7, 25 °C is estimated to be 3 s. The reaction is first order in hydroxide ion concentration and first order in DAP concentration. Rates of reaction were measured over the pH range 3.8 to 6.5 at 25 °C, 6.5 and 7.0 at 5 °C, 4.5 to 6.5 at 35 °C, and 4.5 to 6.0 at 45 °C. The average observed second-order rate constant at 25 °C is 2.4 × 106M−1 s−1. DAP is converted rapidly to a hydrated carbonyl adduct. The mechanism for the formation of the observed products is proposed to be analogous to cleavage reactions of other carbonyl hydrates, proceeding from a monoanion conjugate in this case. The estimated rate constant for the unimolecular cleavage of the carbonyl hydrate anion is 2 × 103 s−1. The rapid hydrolysis of DAP results from energetically favourable formation of a hydrate due to the electronic effect of the phosphonate diester. This effect also promoles ionization of the hydrate. The ionized hydrate readily expels the phosphonate diester to achieve the overall rapid hydrolysis.


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