scholarly journals Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of gold(III) chloride complexes with formic acid

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Pacławski ◽  
T. Sak

In this work, the results of kinetic studies of the redox reaction of gold(III) chloride complexes ([AuCl4]-) with formic acid, are presented. Obtained data suggest the complex character of the reaction which leads to the [AuCl2]- and [AuCl3(COOH)]- ions formation as intermediates. In the pH range over 2.5, the final product of the reaction is metallic gold. From the analysis of kinetic data, the rate limiting step is found to be the gold metallic phase formation. The stage of Au(III) reduction is relatively fast with the second-order rate constant equal to 61.8 M-1s-1 at temperature 50?C. The rate of the studied reaction depends on the temperature, reactants concentration and chloride ions concentration. As a result of the data analysis, the scheme of the reaction path has been suggested. Also, the values of enthalpy and entropy of activation for the reaction have been determined.

Clay Minerals ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tomić ◽  
N. Rajić ◽  
J. Hrenović ◽  
D. Povrenović

AbstractNatural zeolitic tuff from Brus (Serbia) consisting mostly of clinoptilolite (about 90%) has been investigated for the reduction of the Mg concentration in spring water. The sorption capacity of the zeolite is relatively low (about 2.5 mg Mg g-1for the initial concentration of 100 mg Mg dm-3). The zeolitic tuff removes Mg from water solutions by ion exchange, which has been demonstrated by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS). The extent of ion exchange was influenced by the pH and the initial Mg concentration. Kinetic studies revealed that Lagergen's pseudo-second order model was followed. Intra-particle diffusion of Mg2+influenced the ion exchange, but it is not the rate-limiting step. Rather than having to dispose of the Mg-loaded (waste) zeolite, a possible application was tested. Addition to a wastewater with a low concentration of Mg showed that it could successfully make up for the lack of Mg micronutrient and, accordingly, enabled the growth of phosphate-accumulating bacteriaA. Junii, increasing the amount of phosphate removed from the wastewater.


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.


1975 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Dickenson ◽  
F M Dickinson

1. The kinetics of oxidation of butan-1-ol and propan-2-ol by NAD+, catalysed by yeast alcohol dehydrogenase, were studied at 25 degrees C from pH 5.5 to 10, and at pH 7.05 from 14 degrees to 44 degrees C, 2. Under all conditions studied the results are consistent with a mechanism whereby some dissociation of coenzyme from the active enzyme-NAD+-alcohol ternary complexes occurs, and the mechanism is therefore not strictly compulsory order. 3. A primary 2H isotopic effect on the maximum rates of oxidation of [1-2H2]butan-1-ol and [2H7]propan-2-ol was found at 25 degrees C over the pH range 5.5-10. Further, in stopped-flow experiments at pH 7.05 and 25 degrees C, there was no transient formation of NADH in the oxidation of butan-1-ol and propan-2-ol. The principal rate-limiting step in the oxidation of dependence on pH of the maximum rates of oxidation of butan-1-ol and propan-2-ol is consisten with the possibility that histidine and cysteine residues may affect or control catalysis.


1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Holder ◽  
G. Vaughan ◽  
W. Drew

The relevance of the studies carried out, to the important practical problem of predicting sulphide generation rates within sewers, is discussed in the introduction section of the paper. The predictive equations presently in use are compared, and the desirability of replacing these empirical equations by a more scientific approach based on an analysis of mass transport and biochemical reaction is stressed. A theoretical analysis of mass transport and metabolism of sulphate during laminar flow in a model sewer is then described. This theoretical section is followed by the description of the laboratory experimental studies. These studies consisted of flowing simulated sewage through tubes containing biofilms of mixed cultures of sulphate reducing bacteria. The results obtained in the laboratory studies showed that the diffusional resistance in the liquid phase was negligible and that the biological conversion of sulphate to sulphide followed zero order kinetics when mass transfer was not rate limiting. The observed sulphate removal rates gave good agreement with Australian field data for sulphide generation in sewers. The value of the zero order rate constant (measured at 41 °C) was 30 mg cm−3 h−1.


1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 695 ◽  
Author(s):  
AB Hope ◽  
J Liggins ◽  
DB Matthews

The kinetics of proton deposition in the intrathylakoid spaces of pea chloroplasts were measured under a wide range of conditions. With duroquinol added to reduce the plastoquinone pool, and 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea added to inhibit photosystem II, but no ionophore present, the proton deposition, attributed to plastoquinol oxidation, was biphasic. About half the deposition had an apparent rate constant (k) of 150-200 s-1, the other half about 10 s-1. Valinomycin or nonactin (<0.1 �M) plus potassium ions made the deposition almost monophasic, with k = 140 s-1. When the state of reduction of the plastoquinone pool was varied by the addition of varied concentrations of duroquinol, in the presence of 1 �M nonactin, k for proton deposition varied from about 20 (0.01 mM duroquinol) up to a maximum of 140 s-1 (0.5 mM duroquinol). When temperature was varied between 4 and 23°C, with 1 �M nonactin, an Arrhenius plot of ln(k) for proton deposition was linear; the activation enthalpy was 67 kJ mol-1, the entropy of activation, 23 J K-1 mol-1. The data are analysed in terms of a bimolecular reaction between a varying concentration of plastoquinol and a fixed concentration of oxidised Rieske centre. The results are consistent with a rate constant, for the first electron donation by plastoquinol, of 28 s-1 (the rate-limiting step), followed by a relatively fast second electron donation to cytochrome b563 (low potential), followed by deposition of two protons. The speed of the second proton deposition is dependent on the membrane potential difference.


2010 ◽  
Vol 432 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Vercheval ◽  
Cédric Bauvois ◽  
Alexandre di Paolo ◽  
Franck Borel ◽  
Jean-Luc Ferrer ◽  
...  

The activity of class D β-lactamases is dependent on Lys70 carboxylation in the active site. Structural, kinetic and affinity studies show that this post-translational modification can be affected by the presence of a poor substrate such as moxalactam but also by the V117T substitution. Val117 is a strictly conserved hydrophobic residue located in the active site. In addition, inhibition of class D β-lactamases by chloride ions is due to a competition between the side chain carboxylate of the modified Lys70 and chloride ions. Determination of the individual kinetic constants shows that the deacylation of the acyl–enzyme is the rate-limiting step for the wild-type OXA-10 β-lactamase.


1970 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Peacock ◽  
D. Boulter

1. The kinetic mechanism of formate dehydrogenase is a sequential pathway. 2. The binding of the substrates proceeds in an obligatory order, NAD+ binding first, followed by formate. 3. It seems most likely that the interconversion of the central ternary complex is extremely rapid, and that the rate-limiting step is the formation or possible isomerization of the enzyme–coenzyme complexes. 4. The secondary plots of the inhibitions with HCO3− and NO3− are non-linear, which suggests that more than one molecule of each species is able to bind to the same enzyme form. 5. The rate of the reverse reaction with carbon dioxide at pH6.0 is 20 times that with bicarbonate at pH8.0, although no product inhibition could be detected with carbon dioxide. The low rate of the reverse reaction precluded any steady-state analysis as the enzyme concentrations needed to obtain a measurable rate are of the same order as the Km values for NAD+ and NADH.


1984 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
P V Attwood ◽  
J C Wallace ◽  
D B Keech

The enzyme-[14C] carboxybiotin complex of sheep liver pyruvate carboxylase was isolated and the reaction between this and pyruvate was studied by using the quenched-flow rapid-reaction technique. At 0.5 degrees C the reaction was 80% complete within 180 ms. The reaction was monophasic and obeyed pseudo-first-order kinetics. Increasing concentrations of Mg2+ caused a decrease in the magnitude of the observed pseudo-first-order rate constant. Throughout the carboxylation of pyruvate, the rate-limiting step of the reaction occurred after the dissociation of carboxybiotin from the first sub-site, whereas in the slow phase of the reaction with 2-oxobutyrate this dissociation is the rate-limiting step. It is possible, from the reaction scheme proposed, that the inhibition of overall enzymic activity by high concentrations of Mg2+ could be caused by the transfer of the carboxy group from biotin to pyruvate becoming rate-limiting. The efficacy of a substrate as a signal for the movement of carboxybiotin from the first sub-site is reflected by the amount that the effective affinity of the enzyme- carboxybiotin complex for Mg2+ is lowered. In the presence of the substrates tested, the affinities of the carboxybiotin complex can be arranged in order of increasing magnitude, i.e.: (formula; see text). The kinetics of the decay of the enzyme-[14C] carboxybiotin complex at 0 degree C in the absence of substrates are similar to the reaction with pyruvate except that the carboxybiotin is also unstable in the first sub-site, to some degree. This similarity allows for the proposal of a general scheme for the decarboxylation of the enzyme- carboxybiotin complex in the presence or in the absence of substrates.


1983 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol I. H. Ashby

ABSTRACTUltraviolet irradiation of the surface of graphite leads to the enhancement of the reaction of graphite with hydrogen to form methane under conditions where photo-induced thermal effects are negligible. Wavelength dependence of the photoenhancement correlates with excitation of the π-valence to π-conduction transition of graphite centered at 260 nm. Subsequent formation of some reactive excited state species leads to enhanced reaction rates. Likely candidates for such reactive species have been identified by comparative kinetic studies of the thermal and the photoenhanced reactions. For example, at low temperatures (< 500 K), the rate-limiting step of the thermal reaction is addition of H to surface CH3 groups, and the observed photoenhancement can be explained by activation of these CH3 groups.


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