Leaving group release

Fig. 13.41. Alkylation of an enantiomerically pure lactone enolate (B) for the preparation of enantiomerically pure a-a l kyl- - h yd roxyca r boxy li c acids and enantiomerically pure 1,2-diols, respectively. In the lactone Cthe carboxyl group may react with water or with a hydride donor. In any case, the leaving group released is a hemiacetal anion that decomposes to pivalaldehyde and the a-alkyl-a-hyd roxyca rboxylic acid D or the enantiomerically pure 1,2-diol E.

Under these conditions the extraction of the reacting anion and leaving group release to the aqueous phase are fast processes and the rate-determining step is the reaction in the organic phase. The narrow reactivity scale and sequence found... 

On dehydration, nitro alcohols yield nitro-olefins. The ester of the nitro alcohol is treated with caustic or is refluxed with a reagent, eg, phthaUc anhydride or phosphoms pentoxide. A mil der method involves the use of methane sulfonyl chloride to transform the hydroxyl into a better leaving group. Yields up to 80% after a reaction time of 15 min at 0°C have been reported (5). In aqueous solution, nitro alcohols decompose at pH 7.0 with the formation of formaldehyde. One mole of formaldehyde is released per mole of monohydric nitro alcohol, and two moles of formaldehyde are released by the nitrodiols. However, 2-hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-l,3-propanediol gives only two moles of formaldehyde instead of the expected three moles. The rate of release of formaldehyde increases with the pH or the temperature or both. 

The solvolysis of 2, 35-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)but-2-yl/>-toluensulfonate in acetic acid can be followed by several kinetic measurements (a) rate of decrease of observed rotation (k ) rate of release of the leaving group (k,) and, when 0-labeled sulfonate is used, the rate of equilibration of the sulfonate oxygens (k ). At 25°C, the rate constants are... 

Lipase-catalyzed methanolysis of racemic N-benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz) amino acid trifluoroethyl esters carrying aliphatic side chains afforded the L-methyl esters and the D-trifluoromethyl esters (Figure 6.16). The released alcohol (CF3CH2OH) is a weak nucleophile that cannot attack the ester product. The nucleophilidty of the leaving group is depleted by the presence of an electron-withdrawing group [63]. 

Mechanism Kinetic" Order P-Hydrogen Exchange Faster Than Elimination General or Specific Base Catalysis hAd Electron Withdrawal atCp Electron Release at C Leaving- Group Isotope Effect or Element Effect... 

The reversibility of DNA cross-linking by the QMPs illustrated in Fig. 9.4 has not been examined directly but is presumably controlled as before by the leaving group strength of the DNA nucleophiles and the electronic characteristics of the QM intermediates. Unless both possible QMs form simultaneously, the cross-linking agents still remain bound to DNA at one site as the other is transiently released during... 

The functionalized phenaceturates 16 (Fig. 11.10) are substrates of class A and C [3-lactamases, especially the class C enzymes, as observed with the parent unfunctionalized phenaceturates 15. They are also modest inhibitors of these enzymes and the serine DD-peptidase of Streptomyces R61. The inhibition of class C [3-lactamases is turnover dependent, as expected for a mechanism-based inhibitor. Inhibition is not very dependent on the nature of the leaving group, suggesting that the QM is generated in solution after the product phenol has been released from the active site. It therefore... 

To release the pyridine-2-thione leaving group and form the free sulfhydryl, add DTT at a concentration of 0.5 mg DTT per mg of modified protein. A stock solution of DTT may be prepared to make it easier to add it to a small amount of protein solution. In this case, dissolve 20mg of DTT per ml of 0.1M sodium acetate, 0.1M NaCl, pH 4.5. Add 25 pi of this solution per mg of modified protein. Release of pyridine-2-thione can be followed by its characteristic absorbance at 343 nm (s = 8.08 X 103M 1cm 1). 

Figure 4.3 In aqueous solution, a sulfo-NHS ester can either couple to an amine group to form an amide bond or react with water to hydrolyze back to a carboxylate. Both processes release the sulfo-NHS leaving group.

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