Esters sulfate ester hydrolysis

Sulfate ester hydrolysis (p-nitrophenyl sulfate, 1 x 10 ) Phosphomonoesters hydrolysis (p-nitrophenyl phosphate, 1.1)... 

Figure 20 Possible mechanisms for sulfate ester hydrolysis catalyzed by members of the AS family. Formation of the sulfoenzyme (a) nucleophilic attack of the hydrated FGly oxygen on the substrate (b) nucleophilic attack of the sulfate oxygen of the substrate on the aldehyde FGly yields a diester sulfoenzyme, which hydrolyzes into the sulfoenzyme monoester. Enzyme desulfurylation (c) elimination of inorganic sulfate leaves an aldehyde moiety, which is hydrated to give a gerr7-diol (d) nucleophilic attack of a nucleophile, such as water, yields the hydrated gerr7-diol FGly.

Figure 23 A proposed catalytic mechanism of sulfate ester hydrolysis by the alkysulfatase AtsK from Pseudomonas...

CycHc esters show accelerated hydrolysis rates. Ethylene sulfate compared to dimethyl sulfate is twice as fast ia weak acid (first order) and 20 times as fast ia weak alkaH (second order) (50). Catechol sulfate [4074-55-9] is 2 x 10 times faster than diphenyl sulfate ia alkaline solution (52). Alcoholysis rates of several dialkyl sulfates at 35—85°C are also known (53). 

Sulfated Natural Oils and Fats. Sulfated natural triglycerides were the first nonsoap commercial surfactants introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century. Since then sulfates of many vegetable, animal, and fish oils have been investigated (see also Fats AND FATTY oils). With its hydroxyl group and a double bond, ricinoleic acid (12-hydroxy-9,10-octadecenoic acid) is an oil constituent particularly suited for sulfation. Its sulfate is known as turkey-red oil. Oleic acid is also suited for sulfation. Esters of these acids can be sulfated with a minimum of hydrolysis of the glyceride group. Polyunsaturated acids, with several double bonds, lead to dark-colored sulfation products. The reaction with sulfuric acid proceeds through either the hydroxyl or the double bond. The sulfuric acid half ester thus formed is neutralized with caustic soda ... 

Hydrolysis. The primary functions of hydrolysis are to remove some of the acetyl groups from the cellulose triester and to reduce or remove the combined acid sulfate ester to improve the thermal stabiUty of the acetate. 

The amount of residual sulfonate ester remaining after hydrolysis can be determined by a procedure proposed by Martinsson and Nilsson [129], similar to that used to determine total residual saponifiables in neutral oils. Neutrals, including alkanes, alkenes, secondary alcohols, and sultones, as well as the sulfonate esters in the AOS, are isolated by extraction from an aqueous alcoholic solution with petroleum ether. The sulfonate esters are separated from the sultones by chromatography on a silica gel column. Each eluent fraction is subjected to saponification and measured as active matter by MBAS determination measuring the extinction of the trichloromethane solution at 642 nra. (a) Sultones. Connor et al. [130] first reported, in 1975, a very small amount of skin sensitizer, l-unsaturated-l,3-sultone, and 2-chloroalkane-l,3-sultone in the anionic surfactant produced by the sulfation of ethoxylated fatty alcohol. These compounds can also be found in some AOS products consequently, methods of detection are essential. 

There are many parallels between phosphates and sulfates of aliphatic alcohols. Both types of surfactants contain ester bonds undergoing hydrolysis in acid solutions. In that case the starting materials are received once more. By dry heating of the salts above a temperature of 140°C destruction will occur forming the corresponding alkenes and an inorganic acid salt. In the same way as sulfonic and sulfinic acids are formed by C-S bonds, C-P bonds lead to phosphonic and phosphinic acids. 

Figure 5.28 Enantioselective hydrolysis of sulfate esters using S. acidocaldarius.

Scheme 5.14 Chemoenzymatic enantioconvergent deracemization of secondary alcohols via hydrolysis of their sulfate esters.

Although sulfate is formed by hydrolysis of both alkyl and aryl sulfates, the pathway of degradation for aryl sulfates is controlled by the source of sulfur (Cook et al. 1999). The complex issues surrounding the hydrolysis of sulfate esters have been discussed (Kertesz 1999), and are illustrated by the number and substrate specificity of alkyl sulfatases for the surfactant 2-butyloctyl sulfate in Pseudomonas sp. strain AE-A (Ellis et al. 2002). 

Fitzgerald JW (1976) Sulfate ester formation and hydrolysis a potentially important yet often ignored aspect of the sulfur cycle of aerobic soils. Bacterial Rev 40 698-721. 

For the intermediates in base-catalyzed hydrolysis of a sulfate ester (10), pseudorotation about any of the equatorial bonds will necessarily put at least one in an apical position, which is strongly disfavored. ... 

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