Hydrogen bonding hydrolysis

Inorganic sol-gel route Metaloxane polymer Inorganic polymers interconnected by van der Waals or hydrogen bonding Hydrolysis and condensation of metal alkoxides... 

A major advance was devised by Pehr Edman (University of Lund Sweden) that has become the standard method for N terminal residue analysis The Edman degrada tion IS based on the chemistry shown m Figure 27 12 A peptide reacts with phenyl iso thiocyanate to give a phenylthwcarbamoyl (PTC) denvative as shown m the first step This PTC derivative is then treated with an acid m an anhydrous medium (Edman used mtromethane saturated with hydrogen chloride) to cleave the amide bond between the N terminal ammo acid and the remainder of the peptide No other peptide bonds are cleaved m this step as amide bond hydrolysis requires water When the PTC derivative IS treated with acid m an anhydrous medium the sulfur atom of the C=S unit acts as... 

Phosphorus—Hydrogen Bond. A hydrogen bound to phosphoms has Httie acidic or hydric character. Most of the reactions the bond undergoes are those of a reducing agent. P—H bonds are formed by hydrolysis of active metal phosphides or phosphoms haUdes, by the rearrangement of P—O—H or P—S—H linkages, or by the hydrolysis of P—P bonds (6,17). 

By using imidazole catalysis, it is possible to get a better understanding of the active forms that water takes in enzymatic processes Thus, at low concentrations m the presence of an enzyme, the water may not be fully hydrogen bonded and therefore more reactive [61] The rate of hydrolysis of p-nitrotrifluoroacetanilide in acetonitrile shows a strong dependence on water concentration at low levels in the presence of imidazole The imidazolium complex is the approximate transition state (equation 60)... 

The coordination chemistry of the large, electropositive Ln ions is complicated, especially in solution, by ill-defined stereochemistries and uncertain coordination numbers. This is well illustrated by the aquo ions themselves.These are known for all the lanthanides, providing the solutions are moderately acidic to prevent hydrolysis, with hydration numbers probably about 8 or 9 but with reported values depending on the methods used to measure them. It is likely that the primary hydration number decreases as the cationic radius falls across the series. However, confusion arises because the polarization of the H2O molecules attached directly to the cation facilitates hydrogen bonding to other H2O molecules. As this tendency will be the greater, the smaller the cation, it is quite reasonable that the secondary hydration number increases across the series. 

Imoto and co-workers have also studied the pA values of substituted thiazolecarboxylic acids and the alkaline hydrolysis of their ethyl esters, each in three relative positions (2-B-4-Y, 2-B-5-Y, and 5-II-2-Y). In the case of the pA values, the p-values are far from constant, varying from 0.83 to 2,35, This variation is likely to be due to the intervention of tautomeric equilibria and of hydrogen bonds. The /3-ratios for the three sets of ester hydrolyses are roughly constant (0,61-0.73), and, assuming that the introduction of two heteroatoms leads to cumulative (multiplicative) effects on the transmission, this result is of the same order of magnitude as the product of the and values discussed above, i.e. 1.0 and 0.6, respectively. The lowest value for the pA (0,83) for the 2-R-5-COOH series is also of the same order of magnitude. All the available reaction constants are summarized in Table VI. 

Spectroscopic evidence indicates that protonation of 2-fluoro-and 2-chloro-quinoline is not appreciable in O.OlJf aqueous hydrochloric acid. Protonation becomes evident in more strongly acidic solution in the case of the chloro compound without any accompanying decomposition, but the fluoro compound hydrolyzes to carbostyril under the latter conditions. The hydrolysis is acid-catalyzed, but it is doubtful whether protonation on the heterocyclic nitrogen is responsible, owing to its low basicity (presumably below that for the chloro compound). An alternative explanation in this case would be hydrogen bond formation with fluorine, Ar—F. .. H-O+H2. 

The effect of a substituent may be substantially modified by fast, concurrent, reversible addition of the nucleophile to an electrophilic center in the substituent. Ortho- and para-CS.0 and pam-CN groups have been found by Miller and co-workers to have a much reduced activating effect on the displacement of halogen in 2-nitrohaloben-zenes with methoxide ion [reversible formation of hemiacetal (143) and imido ester anions (144)] than with azide ion (less interaction) or thiocyanate (little, if any, interaction). Formation of 0-acyl derivatives of 0x0 derivatives or of A-oxides, hydrogen bonding to these moieties, and ionization of substituents are other examples of reversible and often relatively complete modifications under reaction conditions. If the interaction is irreversible, such as hydrolysis of a... 

Benz[l,2-e][l,3]oxazin[3,4-a]azepin-6-one (15) is cleaved rapidly in cold ethereal ethylamine to /V.A-diethyl-2-(2-hydroxyphcnyl)-l//-azepinc-1-carboxamide (90% mp 121 -122°C), whereas acidic hydrolysis yields the intramolecularly hydrogen bonded 2-(2-hydro-xyphenyl)-3//-azepine (16).156... 

Likewise, amine functions on the azepine ring at an unsaturated carbon center behave as enamines and undergo hydrolysis under both acid and alkaline conditions to the benzazepinones.15,64 8084 However, hydrolysis of dimethyl l-acetyl-5-piperidino-l//-l-benz-azepine-3,4-dicarboxylate(18) yields not the benzazepinone but the tautomeric 5-hydroxy derivative 19.13 Presumably, the enol form is stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding. 

Nylon-6,6, 2, 136, 530. See also PA-6,6 acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of, 568 acidolysis of, 568 alkaline hydrolysis of, 568-569 ammonolysis of, 555, 570 chemistry and catalysis of, 546 creation of, 1 hydrogen bonding in, 539 hydrolysis of, 531, 544, 552-555 phase-transfer-catalyzed alkaline hydrolysis of, 569-570... 

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