Hydrogen-bonded associates, catalytic

Apart from the increased catalytic efficiency, this structure design produced two positive side effects. In contrast to monofunctional (thio)ureas, which exhibit low solubility in nonpolar solvents due to intermolecular hydrogen-bonding association, tertiary amine thioureas of type 12 revealed intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the amine group and the amide protons making these (thio)ureas soluble in nonpolar reaction media such as toluene. The analysis of the X-ray crystal-... 

Recently, a new class of supramolecular CpRu-containing catalysts for hydration of alkynes has emerged. These catalysts are based on the supramolecular self-assembly of monodentate ligands through hydrogen bonding association, as shown in Scheme 10.9 [41-43]. The remarkable activity of catalytic systems such as 15-17... 

The binding of substrates via hydrogen bonds (either as hydrogen bond acceptor or as donor) is necessarily associated with changes in electron densities. In catalytic systems, the resulting polarization leads to an activation of the reactants. 

Figure 1. Schematic representation of the relationships between proposed catalytic and inhibitory mechanisms. A. Postulated general acid-general base catalyzed mechanism for substrate hydrolysis by an aspartyl protease. The water molecule indicated is extensively hydrogen bonded to both aspartic acid residues plus other sites in the active site (see Reference 16 for details). Hydrogen bonds to water are omitted here. B. Kinetic events associated with the inhibition of pepsin by pepstatin. The pro-S hydroxyl group of statine displaces the enzyme immobilized water molecule shown in Figure lA. Variable aspartyl sequence numbers refer to penicillopepsin (pepsin, Rhizopus pepsin), respectively.

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