scholarly journals Study of Kinetics, Equilibrium and the Influence of Steric Effects on Proton-Transfer in the Reactions of 2, 2, 4- and 2, 6- Substituted Anilines with 2-Phenoxy-3,5-dinitropyridine in DMSO

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basim H. Asghar
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Steric Effect ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Substituted Anilines ◽  
Phenoxy Group ◽  
Kinetics Studies ◽  
Zwitterionic Intermediate ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Step Mechanism

Kinetic and equilibrium results for the reactions of 2-phenoxy-3,5-dinitropyridine (1), with a series of 2, 2, 4- and 2, 6- substituted anilines (2a-f), in the presence of DABCO in DMSO are reported. The reactions yield the 2-anilino derivatives (5), without the accumulation of intermediates. Kinetics studies are compatible with a two-step mechanism involving initial nucleophilic attack by amine at the ring carbon substituted by phenoxy group followed by either base-catalyzed or uncatalyzed conversion to the product. The base-catalyzed pathway is likely to involve rate-limiting proton-transfer from the zwitterionic intermediate to base. This work indicates a steric effect to proton transfer in reactions involving 2, 6-disubstituted anilines. The results were compared with those for reactions of 1, 3, 5-trinitrobenzene with anilines.

Concerted rate-limiting proton transfer to sulfur with nucleophilic attack at phosphorus — A new proposed mechanism for hydrolytic decomposition of the P=S pesticide, Diazinon, in moderately acidic sulfuric acid media

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen Churchill ◽  
Julian M Dust ◽  
Erwin Buncel
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Organophosphorus Pesticide ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Acid Media ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Neutral Aqueous Solution ◽  
Region Product ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Acid Region

We report herein the first kinetic study of a P=S containing organophosphorus pesticide, Diazinon (1), in the moderately concentrated acid region. Product analyses (31P NMR) show that reaction occurs only at the P centre. The rate-acidity profile (kobs vs. molarity of H2SO4) appears as a curve in which the initial slight downward trace (molarity = 1 to ca. 5) is followed by sharper upward curve (molarity ca. 5 to 14). Using treatments involving the excess acidity (X) method, the A-1 and A-2 mechanistic possibilities were found to be inoperative over the full acidity range. A novel mechanism is proposed for the higher acidity (X ca. 2–6) region. This mechanism involves proton transfer to P=S from hydronium ion with concomitant proton transfer from water, which effectively delivers hydroxide to the P centre in a variant of the A-SE2 process. A putative A-2 mechanism in this region is supplanted by the proposed A-SE2 variant where the cyclic array results in proton transfer being efficiently coupled with nucleophilic attack involving water. This constitutes the first report of rate-limiting proton transfer at the P=S functionality in acid hydrolysis of this class of organophosphorus neutroxins. A 600 000-fold acceleration in the decomposition of Diazinon is associated with the change of medium from neutral aqueous solution to the most acidic medium studied (X ca. 6). Key words: phosphorothioate ester hydrolysis, acid catalysis, rate-limiting proton transfer at P=S, excess acidity analysis, new A-SE2 variant mechanism.

scholarly journals Differential steric effects in the inelastic scattering of NO(X) + Ar: spin–orbit changing transitions

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (26) ◽  
pp. 14173-14185 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brouard ◽  
S. D. S. Gordon ◽  
B. Nichols ◽  
V. Walpole ◽  
F. J. Aoiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inelastic Scattering ◽  
Steric Effect ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
First Time

The differential steric effect for spin–orbit changing collisions of NO with Ar is determined for the first time.

WHICH IS THE PROTON-SHUTTLE IN ISOXANTHOPTERIN DEAMINASE? QM/MM MD UNDERSTANDING

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1341002 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIN ZHANG ◽  
MING LEI
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Zinc Ions ◽  
Initial Model ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

The deamination process of isoxanthopterin catalyzed by isoxanthopterin deaminase was determined using the combined QM(PM3)/MM molecular dynamics simulations. In this paper, the updated PM3 parameters were employed for zinc ions and the initial model was built up based on the crystal structure. Proton transfer and following steps have been investigated in two paths: Asp336 and His285 serve as the proton shuttle, respectively. Our simulations showed that His285 is more effective than Aap336 in proton transfer for deamination of isoxanthopterin. As hydrogen bonds between the substrate and surrounding residues play a key role in nucleophilic attack, we suggested mutating Thr195 to glutamic acid, which could enhance the hydrogen bonds and help isoxanthopterin get close to the active site. The simulations which change the substrate to pterin 6-carboxylate also performed for comparison. Our results provide reference for understanding of the mechanism of deaminase and for enhancing the deamination rate of isoxanthopterin deaminase.

Proton transfer is not rate-limiting in buffer-induced non-enzymic glucation of hemoglobin

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (24) ◽  
pp. 8265-8266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herminia. Gil ◽  
Julio F. Mata-Segreda ◽  
Richard L. Schowen
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Rate Limiting

Catalysis with a Skip: Dynamically Coupled Addition, Proton Transfer, and Elimination During Au- and Pd-Catalyzed Diol Cyclization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Teynor ◽  
Windsor Scott ◽  
Daniel Ess
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Cyclization Reactions ◽  
Potential Energy Landscape ◽  
Water Elimination ◽  
Catalytic Intermediates ◽  
Pd Complexes ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Step Mechanism

Au and Pd complexes have emerged as highly effective π-bond cyclization catalysts to construct heterocycles. These cyclization reactions are generally proposed to proceed through multi-step addition-elimination mechanisms involving Au- or Pd-alkyl intermediates. For Au- and Pd-catalyzed allylic diol cyclization, while the DFT potential energy surface landscapes show a stepwise sequence of alkoxylation π-addition, proton transfer, and water elimination, quasiclassical direct dynamics simulations reveal new dynamical mechanisms that depend on the metal center. For Au, trajectories reveal that after π-addition the Au-alkyl intermediate is always skipped because addition is dynamically coupled with proton transfer and water elimination. In contrast, for Pd catalysis, due to differences in the potential-energy landscape shape, only about half of trajectories show Pd-alkyl intermediate skipping. The other half of the trajectories show the traditional two-step mechanism with the intervening Pd-alkyl intermediate. Overall, this work reveals that interpretation of a DFT potential-energy landscape can be insufficient to understand catalytic intermediates and mechanisms and that atomic momenta through dynamics simulations is needed to determine if an intermediate is genuinely part of a catalytic cycle.<br>

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