Cleavage, and formation

The metathesis of linear alkynes has also been reported, e.g. the metathesis of propyne, 1-pentyne, 2-pentyne, and 2-hexyne (31-33). This reaction can be visualized as the cleavage and formation of carbon-carbon triple bonds ... 

There is no clear consensus in the literature, regarding the elementary steps of carbon-carbon bond cleavage and formation on metallic surfaces. 

Pro-vitamin A cleavage and formation of retinoids via eccentric and central cleavage of p,p... 

The NMR spectra have shown the formation of Schiff base as an intermediate product in the synthesis of the fully N-deacetylated oligomers from chitosan.32 The mechanism of the Schiff base reaction leading to chain cleavage and formation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural has been proposed. 

An important concept in enzymology is that while catalysis involving bond cleavage and formation requires... 

The collision theory is silent on the cleavage and formation of bonds involved in the reaction. 

Jenner [275] has presented a thorough description of several possible contributions to both the intrinsic and the environmental parts of the activation volumes, based on accurate experimental observation of pressure effect on reactions in solutions. The intrinsic contribution to the activation volume essentially derives from the differences in structure between the transition state and the reacting species, so it is directly related to the partial cleavage and formation of chemical bonds in the transition state. In cases where the environmental contribution is negligible, the activation volume variation gives a direct insight in the molecular mechanism [275, 280]. In this case in fact, considering... 

Treatment of 2-, 3- or 4-MePhCu with DPPM affords the trimeric aggregate Cu3[CH(PPh2)2]3 in quantitative yield [56]. This is in fact a simple acid-base reaction (Cu/H exchange). It should be noted that the latter compound is also accessible by means of a transmetalation reaction between Li[CH(PPh2)2] and CuCl. In contrast, treatment of [Cu4(QH4CH2NMe2-2)4] with DPPE results in selective C-P bond cleavage and formation of Cu2(PPh2)2(DPPE)2 (see Scheme 1.11) [57]. 

Such a cleavage and formation of bonds occur in oxidation reactions. These are also known as dehydrogenation reactions as these involve loss of dihydrogen from an alcohol molecule. Depending on the oxidising agent used, a primary alcohol is oxidised to an aldehyde which in turn is oxidised to a carboxylic acid. 

In addition to simple electron transfers in which no chemical bond is either broken or formed, numerous organic reactions, previously formulated by movements of electron pairs, are now understood as processes in which an initial electron transfer from a nucleophile (reductant) to an electrophile (oxidant) produces a radical ion pair, which leads to the final products via the follow-up steps involving cleavage and formation of chemical bonds [11-23], The follow-up steps are usually sufficiendy rapid to render the initial electron transfer the rate-determining step in an overall irreversible transformation [24], In such a case, the overall reactivity is determined by the initial electron-transfer step, which can also be well designed based on the redox potentials and the reorganization energies of a nucleophile (reductant) and an electrophile (oxidant). 

Griengl, H., Hickel, A., Johnson, D.V., Kratky, C., Schntidt, M. and Schwab, H. (1997) Enzymatic cleavage and formation of cyanohydrins a reaction of biological and synthetic relevance. Chem. Commun., 1997,1933-1940. 

The description of the borderline between stepwise and concerted nucleophilic substitution remains murky in cases where there is no significant stabilization of the transition state for the concerted reaction through the coupling of bond cleavage and formation. The reason is that there are no simple experimental protocols to detect the point at which the energy well for the carbocation intermediate of the stepwise reaction in the upper right hand corner of Figure 2.3 is transformed into... 

Benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFD EC 4.1.1.7) belongs to the class of thiamine diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes. ThDP is the cofactor for a large number of enzymes, including pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), benzaldehyde lyase (BAL), cyclohexane-1,2-dione hydrolase (CDH), acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), and (lR,6] )-2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-l-carboxylate synthase (SHCHC), which all catalyze the cleavage and formation of C-C bonds [1]. The underlying catalytic mechanism is summarized elsewhere [2] (see also Chapter 2.2.3). 

From mechanistic considerations and assuming that cleavage and formation of (R)-benzoin are in equilibrium, BAL should also catalyze carboligation. Consequently, BAL-catalyzed acyloin condensation of benzaldehyde in an aqueous buffer/DMSO mixture resulted in almost quantitative formation of enantiomeri-cally pure (R)-benzoin [Scheme 2.2.7.21, Eq. (1)]. The reaction was carried out on a preparative scale with different aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes [62]. From the viewpoint of the organic-preparative chemist, it is important to mention that crude cell extracts of the recombinant E. coli strain overexpressing the BAL gene are sufficient for catalysis, hence, purification of the enzyme is not necessary. 

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