Aminolysis mechanism

Studies of the ability of the lipase B from Candida antarctica (CAL-B) to catalyse the enantioselective aminolysis of esters by cis- and firms-2-phenylcycloalkanamines (54 n = 1, 3, 4) have been followed up by molecular modelling approaches in order to probe the lipase-catalysed aminolysis mechanism. CAL-B possesses a typical serine-dependent triad, so it was possible, with access to an X-ray crystal structure of CAL-B, to model a series of phosphonamidates (55 n = 1, 3, 4) as analogues of the tetrahedral intermediate (TI) resulting from attack of the amine on the carbonyl of the acyl-enzyme. The results suggested as the most plausible intermediate for the CAL-B-catalysed aminolysis a zwitterionic TI resulting from the direct His-assisted attack of the amine on to a C=0 group of the acyl-enzyme.80... 

The occurrence of general acid-catalyzed hydroxylaminolysis or methoxylaminolysis of thiol esters or amides has been described in Section IIB in terms of kinetically important tetrahedral intermediates. Two kinetically indistinguishable mechanisms for general acid-catalyzed aminolysis reactions are represented by transition states 42 and 43. Mechanism 42 involves a prior protonation of the ester followed by a general base-catalyzed aminolysis mechanism 43 is a general acid-assisted nucleophilic reaction of the amine. Mechanism 42 can be ruled out in the hydrazinolysis of phenyl acetates (Bruice and Benkovic, 1964) and in the hydrazinolysis of S-thiolvalerolactone (Bruice et al., 1963) on the basis of a calculated rate constant which is greater than the diffusion-controlled limit. Mechanism 43 is therefore correct. 

Chloroquinoxaline and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (0.5 equiv) gave 2-(quinoxalin-2-yloxyimino)-l,2-dihydroquinoxaline (169) (Me2SO, Na2C03, 20°C, 24 h >80%, in two polymorphic forms, checked by X-ray analysis the mechanism clearly involved rapid aminolysis followed by (9-arylation). " ... 

As early as 1899, 8tieglitz proposed a tetrahedral intermediate for the hydrolysis of an imino ether to an amide. Thns it was clear qnite early that a complicated overall transformation, imino ether to amide, would make more sense as the result of a series of simple steps. The detailed mechanism proposed, althongh reasonable in terms of what was known and believed at the time, wonld no longer be accepted, but the idea of tetrahedral intermediates was clearly in the air. 8tieglitz stated of the aminolysis of an ester that it is now commonly snpposed that the reaction takes place with the formation of an intermediate prodnct as follows referring to work of Lossen. (Note that the favored tautomer of a hydroxamic acid was as yet unknown.)... 

Although hydrolysis as well as other nucleophilic reactions of A-acylazoles (alcoholysis, aminolysis etc.) most likely follow the addition-elimination (AE) mechanism, there are indications that more complex mechanisms must be taken into account for hydrolysis under specific structural conditions. For example, for neutral hydrolysis of imidazolides with increasing steric shielding of the carbonyl group by one, two, and three... 

For the mechanism of azolide hydrolysis under specific conditions like, for example, in micelles,[24] in the presence of cycloamyloses,[25] or transition metals,[26] see the references noted and the literature cited therein. Thorough investigation of the hydrolysis of azolides is certainly important for studying the reactivity of those compounds in chemical and biochemical systems.[27] On the other hand, from the point of view of synthetic chemistry, interest is centred instead on die potential for chemical transformations e.g., alcoholysis to esters, aminolysis to amides or peptides, acylation of carboxylic acids to anhydrides and of peroxides to peroxycarboxylic acids, as well as certain C-acylations and a variety of other preparative applications. 

The RFK mechanism can be used with loomstate nylon and rayon fabrics, but polyesters will require a pre-treatment to achieve good adhesion. Hexamethylene tetramine should be avoided as the methylene donor when polyester fabrics are being used, as aminolysis of the ester linkages in the polyester can occur, which would cause significant degradation of fabric and adhesion to take place under severe service conditions. Hexamethylolmelamine ethyl ether should be used as the methylene donor in this case. 

Scheme 22 summarizes the mechanism proposed. As in the case of oxygen exchange between MeRe03 and H20, the proposed intermediate was not detected. Examples of analogous intermediates that carry out the hydrolysis of imines and the aminolysis of ketones are well documented (64-66). 

Three alternative mechanisms have been mentioned in the literature. Reduction of C02 to CO followed by carbonylation of dimethylamine was ruled out by Haynes et al. [3] for RhCl(PPh3)3 because no carbonyl complexes were detected. Aminolysis of formate complexes (Eq. (14)) was proposed by Kudo et al. [69], but strong evidence has not been obtained. Finally, C02 is known to react with the amine to produce a carbamate salt (Eq. (15)), and it is possible that the pathway to the formamide is by hydrogenation of the carbamate rather than of the C02. 

Initial theoretical studies focused on steps (1) and (2). Several model systems were examined with ab initio calculations.1191 For the reaction of methyl amine with methyl acetate, it was shown that the addition/elimi-nation (through a neutral tetrahedral intermediate) and the direct displacement (through a transition state similar to that shown in Figure 5a) mechanisms for aminolysis had comparable activation barriers. However, in the case of methyl amine addition to phenyl acetate, it was shown that the direct displacement pathway is favored by approximately 5 kcal/mol.1201 Noncovalent stabilization of the direct displacement transition state was therefore the focus of the subsequent catalyst design process. 

Alkanesulfonyl halides are not the only alkanesulfonyl derivatives that can undergo substitution by an elimination-addition mechanism. A number of aryl esters of phenylmethanesulfonic acid, PhCH2SOzOAr, undergo alkaline hydrolysis and aminolysis by such a pathway, and study of these reactions has been particularly valuable in providing insight into the detailed mechanism for sulfene formation (Williams et al., 1974 King and Beatson, 1975 Davy et al., 1977). 

FIGURE 8.21 Proposed mechanism for the BOP-Cl-mediated reaction of a carboxylate anion with a methylamino group. Formation of a mixed anhydride is followed by aminolysis that is facilitated by anchimeric assistance provided by the oxygen atom of the ring carbonyl.101 (van der Auwera Anteunis, 1987). BOP-C1 = fcw(2-oxo-3-oxazolidino)phosphinic chloride. 

Kinetic studies of the reaction of Z-phenyl cyclopropanecarboxylates (1) with X-benzylamines (2) in acetonitrile at 55 °C have been carried out. The reaction proceeds by a stepwise mechanism in which the rate-determining step is the breakdown of the zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate, T, with a hydrogen-bonded four-centre type transition state (3). The results of studies of the aminolysis reactions of ethyl Z-phenyl carbonates (4) with benzylamines (2) in acetonitrile at 25 °C were consistent with a four- (5) and a six-centred transition state (6) for the uncatalysed and catalysed path, respectively. The neutral hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl trifluoroacetate in acetonitrile solvent has been studied by varying the molarities of water from 1.0 to 5.0 at 25 °C. The reaction was found to be third order in water. The kinetic solvent isotope effect was (A h2o/ D2o) = 2.90 0.12. Proton inventories at each molarity of water studied were consistent with an eight-membered cyclic transition state (7) model. 

Reactions of a wide range of substituted phenyl acetates with six a-effect nucleophiles have revealed little or no difference, compared with phenolate nucleophiles, in the values of the Leffler parameters. As a result, the case for a special electronic explanation of the a-effect is considered unproven. Studies of the kinetics and mechanism of the aminolysis and alkaline hydrolysis of a series of 4-substituted (21) and 6-substituted naphthyl acetates (22) have revealed that, for electron-withdrawing substituents, aminolysis for both series proceeds through an unassisted nucleophilic substitution pathway. 

The mechanisms of aminolysis of substituted phenyl quinoline-8- and -6-carboxylates, (36) and (37), have been evaluated using AMI semiempirical and HF/6-31- -G(d) ab initio quanmm mechanical methods to study the ammonolyses of the model systems vinyl c/x-3-(methyleneamino)acrylate (38), c/x-2-hydroxyvinyl di-3-(methyleneamino)acrylate (39) and vinyl rranx-3-(methyleneamino)acrylate (40). Both experimental and computational results support the formation of a tetrahedral intermediate in the reaction. The results of this study are fully consistent with the experimental observations for the aminolyses of variously substituted phenyl quinoline-8- (36) and -6-carboxylates (37). ... 

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