Mechanisms proposed, for formation

Figure 5. Mechanism proposed for formation of butene isomers by rearrangement of intermediate carbonium ion.

Pig. 5.9 Mechanism proposed for formation of a covalent bond between a heme methyl and a protein carboxyl group. A similar sequence must occur again to form the second heme-protein ester link in the mammalian peroxidases. In the heme structure, V stands for -CH=CH2 and P for... 

Cook, P.F., Tai, C.H., Hwang, C.C., Woehl, E.U., Dunn, M.F., and Schnackerz, K.D. (1996) Substitution of pyridoxal 5 -phosphate in the O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase from Salmonella typhimurium by cofactor analogs provides a test of the mechanism proposed for formation of the alpha-aminoacrylate intermediate. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 25842-25849. 

Mechanism proposed for formation of c/s-1,2-dibromocyclohex-ane by free radical addition of HBr to 1-bromocyclohexene. 

Figure 11.15 (a) First mechanism proposed for formation of NDMA by chlorination of water via reaction of chloramines with a dimethylamine to form chlorodimethylamine (CDMA) and thence unsynunetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH). (b) Further reactions of UDMH with chloramines to form NDMA plus other identifiable reaction products dimethyldiazene (DMD), tetram-ethyltetrazene (TMT), dimethylcyanamide (DMC), dimethyl-formamide (DMF), formaldehyde dimethylhydrazone (FDMH), formaldehyde monomethylhydrazone (FMMH). Reproduced from Mitch, Env. Sci. TechnoL 36, 588 (2002), copyright (2002) with permission of the American Chemical Society. 

Scheme 5.21 Mechanism proposed for formation of the various Mn" complexes.

A significant modification in the stereochemistry is observed when the double bond is conjugated with a group that can stabilize a carbocation intermediate. Most of the specific cases involve an aryl substituent. Examples of alkenes that give primarily syn addition are Z- and -l-phenylpropene, Z- and - -<-butylstyrene, l-phenyl-4-/-butylcyclohex-ene, and indene. The mechanism proposed for these additions features an ion pair as the key intermediate. Because of the greater stability of the carbocations in these molecules, concerted attack by halide ion is not required for complete carbon-hydrogen bond formation. If the ion pair formed by alkene protonation collapses to product faster than reorientation takes place, the result will be syn addition, since the proton and halide ion are initially on the same side of the molecule. 

Epoxide formation may be a side reaction occurring during initiation by t-butylperoxy radicals. The mechanism proposed for this process is as follows (Scheme 3,831, 1... 

Fischer alkenylcarbene complexes undergo cyclopentannulation to alkenyl AT,AT-dimethylhydrazones (1-amino-1-azadienes) to furnish [3C+2S] substituted cyclopentenes in a regio- and diastereoselective way along with minor amounts of [4S+1C] pyrrole derivatives. Enantiopure carbene complexes derived from (-)-8-(2-naphthyl)menthol afford mixtures of trans,trans-cycloipentenes and ds,ds-cyclopentenes with excellent face selectivity [75]. The mechanism proposed for the formation of these cyclopentene derivatives is outlined in Scheme 28. The process is initiated by nucleophilic 1,2-attack of the carbon... 

Another example of a [4S+1C] cycloaddition process is found in the reaction of alkenylcarbene complexes and lithium enolates derived from alkynyl methyl ketones. In Sect. 2.6.4.9 it was described how, in general, lithium enolates react with alkenylcarbene complexes to produce [3C+2S] cycloadducts. However, when the reaction is performed using lithium enolates derived from alkynyl methyl ketones and the temperature is raised to 65 °C, a new formal [4s+lcj cy-clopentenone derivative is formed [79] (Scheme 38). The mechanism proposed for this transformation supposes the formation of the [3C+2S] cycloadducts as depicted in Scheme 32 (see Sect. 2.6.4.9). This intermediate evolves through a retro-aldol-type reaction followed by an intramolecular Michael addition of the allyllithium to the ynone moiety to give the final cyclopentenone derivatives after hydrolysis. The role of the pentacarbonyltungsten fragment seems to be crucial for the outcome of this reaction, as experiments carried out with isolated intermediates in the absence of tungsten complexes do not afford the [4S+1C] cycloadducts (Scheme 38). 

Ni(salen)-DNA adduct formation is closely related to that formed by the Ni(peptide) systems, although there are different mechanisms proposed for both types of complexes. In the case of Ni(salen), the addition of a phenol radical to the guanine heterocycle and formation of a covalent bond to guanine C8 (Equation (9)) is suggested. 

Energetic electron transfer reactions between electrochemically generated, shortlived, radical cations and anions of polyaromatic hydrocarbons are often accompanied by the emission of light, due to the formation of excited species. Such ECL reactions are carried out in organic solvents such as dimethylformamide or acetonitrile, with typically a tetrabutylammonium salt as a supporting electrolyte. The general mechanism proposed for these reactions is as follows. 

The rate of the Ir(III) catalyzed reaction was found to be first-order in [Ir] and [H2DTBC], but independent of 02 concentration in chloroform (56). The mechanism proposed for the reaction (Scheme 4) postulates that the protonation of the hydroperoxo a-oxygen by the hydroxy group of the bonded catechol in Int 1 leads to the formation of H202. The o-qui-none ligand of Int 2 is replaced by the partially coordinated catechol in the next step. In order to comply with the experimental rate law, the rate-determining step needs to be the reaction of the oxygen adduct (B) with catechol. 

The mechanism proposed for the formation of free radicals by the decomposition of peroxydiphosphate ion is as under ... 

Treatment of 3-deoxy-l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-erythro-hex-3-enofuranose with iodine and thallous fluoride in anhydrous ether afforded227 3-deoxy-l-fluoro-3-iodo-l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropyli-dene-D-xy/o-4-hexulose in 80% yield, together with small proportions of (tentatively identified) 3-deoxy-4-fluoro-3-iodo-l,2 5,6-di-0-iso-propylidene-a-D-allofuranose and two unidentified products. A mechanism proposed for the furanose ring-opening involves the formation of a 3,4-iodonium ion, and attack by fluoride at C-l. 

In contrast, exposure of 14-VE (diene)MCp Cl complexes (M = Zr, Hf) to CO (1 atm) results in the formation of cyclopentadienes70. The mechanism proposed for this transformation was elucidated with a carbon labeled CO ( CO) as requiring an initial coordination of CO to generate a (diene)MCp (CO)Cl complex 153 (Scheme 37). For the hafnium complex, the intermediate 153 (M = Hf) was observed by infrared spectroscopy. Insertion of CO into the a2, jt diene generates a metallacyclohexenone, which undergoes reductive elimination to generate the dimeric metallaoxirane species 154. -Hydride elimination from 154 (M = Zr, Hf) followed by 1,2-elimination produces substituted cyclopentadienes and the polymeric metal-oxide 155. Treatment of (diene)TiCp Cl with CO leads to isolation of the metallaoxirane complex 154 (M = Ti). 

Desulphurization of thiols has been accomplished in high yield under phase-transfer conditions using tri-iron dodecacarbonyl (or dicobalt octacarbonyl). The mechanism proposed for the formation of the alkanes and the dialkyl sulphide byproducts involves a one electron transfer to the thiol from the initially formed quaternary ammonium hydridoiron polycarbonyl ion pair [14], Similar one electron transfers have been postulated for the key step in the cobalt carbonyl promoted reactions, which tend to give slightly higher yields of the alkanes (Table 11.18). 

Hence, cation-radical copolymerization leads to the formation of a polymer having a lower molecular weight and polydispersity index than the polymer got by cation-radical polymerization— homocyclobutanation. Nevertheless, copolymerization occnrs nnder very mild conditions and is regio-and stereospecihc (Bauld et al. 1998a). This reaction appears to occnr by a step-growth mechanism, rather than the more efficient cation-radical chain mechanism proposed for poly(cyclobutanation). As the authors concluded, the apparent suppression of the chain mechanism is viewed as an inherent problem with the copolymerization format of cation-radical Diels-Alder polymerization. ... 

In the first rhodium-catalyzed carbonylative silylcarbocyclization (CO-SiCaC), which was reported in 1992 [12, 13], silylcyclopentenone 9 was isolated as a minor product in the silylformylation of 1-hexyne 8 (Scheme 7.4). Under optimized conditions using Et3SiH and ( BuNC)4RhCo(CO)4 as the catalyst at 60°C, 9 is formed in 54% yield [13]. A possible mechanism proposed for this intermolecular CO-SiCaC is shown in Scheme 7.4 [13]. In this mechanism, the formation of 9 is proposed to proceed via in-... 

The mechanism proposed for SSAO-catalyzed oxidations is shown in Scheme 1 [16], A molecular oxygen-dependent oxidation converts the reduced cofactor back to the quinone with the formation of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia. 

Fig. 8. Mechanism proposed for the transfer of iron from low molecular weight chelates to apotransferrin involving the intermediate ternary complex of protein-iron-chelate. The polynuclear iron must be depolymerized prior to its binding by the protein. The presence of excess chelating agents, particularly citrate, leads to the formation of the bis complex which reacts rapidly...

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