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Aldolases produce an imine as the initial intermediate from the reaction of a carbonyl group of the substrate with the c-amino group of a lysine residue of the enzyme (Scheme 4). Reactions of this adduct produce enamines that are tautomers of imines. The imine derivatives of the enzyme can be trapped irreversibly (Scheme 5) by reducing agents, such as sodium borohydride, and by nucleophiles, such as cyanide (5). The enamine structure has a zwitterionic resonance contributor with negative charge localized at the carbon a to the carbon attached... 

He or she has thereby trapped—irreversibly acquired—information. But then the question is how much. 

OiPr)3 cocatalyst, compound XLId was also shown effective for the ATRP of acrylates initiated by ethyl 2-iodopropionate (yielding PMA, PBA, and PMA-b-PS polymers), but the initiator efficiency factor was anomalously low (as low as 0.55), without apparent intervention of extensive terminations at the outset of the polymerization. On the other hand, complex XLId did not lead to any polymerization of MA under OMRP-RT conditions (initiation by AIBN), demonstrating that the primary radicals and the short PMA chains are trapped irreversibly by XLId. The reason for the low initiator efficiency in ATRP could, therefore, be explained by the occurrence of ATRP activation and irreversible OMRP trapping, leading to one-electron oxidative addition which, given the 1 1 Mo /initiator... 

The sloped region above the emf value for this reaction is related to the phase transformation from Li20/Cr to Cr203, as confirmed by the XPS results. The charging capacities are about 500 mA-h g", much less than the theoretical capacity for a complete Li-extraction reaction, it indicates that almost half of inserted lithium is trapped irreversibly. The irreversibility is not decreased for doped Cr203. 

Irreversible The trap binding energy is large, and hydrogen will not leave the trap at ambient temperature. 

As has been outlined for the Strecker synthesis, the Ugi reaction also proceeds via initial formation of a Schiff base from an aldehyde and an amine. The imine intermediate is attacked by the isocyanidc, a process which is supported by protonation of the imine by the carboxylic acid component. The resulting a-amino nitrilium intermediate is immediately trapped by the carboxylate to give an 6>-acyl imidiate. All steps up to this stage are reversible. Only the final oxygen to nitrogen acyl shift is irreversible and delivers the A-acyl-a-amino amide as the thermodynamically favored product which contains two amide groups. 

The kinetics of many decompositions are conveniently studied from measurements of the pressure of the gas evolved in a previously evacuated and sealed constant volume system. It is usually assumed, and occasionally confirmed, that gas release is directly proportional to a, so that the method is most suitable for reactants which yield a single volatile product by the irreversible breakdown of a substance that does not sublime on heating in vacuum. A cold trap is normally maintained between the heated reactant and the gauge to condense non-volatile products (e.g. water vapour) and impurities. The method has found wide application, notably in studies of the decomposition of azides, permanganates, etc., and has been successfully developed as an undergraduate experiment [114—116]. 

Figure 2. Cyclic voltammograms of a poly(2,2 -bithiophene)-coated electrode in acetonitrile containing 0.1 M Bu4NC 04.34 (Reprinted from G. Zotti, C. Schiavon, and S. Zecchin, Irreversible processes in the electrochemical reduction of polythiophenes. Chemical modifications of the polymer and charge-trapping phenomena, Synth. Met. 72 (3) 275-281, 1995, with kind permission from Elsevier Sciences S.A.)...

The trapping of alkyl, alkoxyl and alkylthiyl radicals by trivalent phosphorus compounds, followed by either a-scission or p-scission of the ensuing phosphoranyl radical, is a powerful tool for preparation of new trivalent or pen-tavalent phosphorus compounds [59]. However, the products of these reactions strongly depend on the BDE of the bonds, which are either formed or cleaved. For example, the addition of phenyl radicals on a three-coordinate phosphorus molecule occurs irreversibly, while that of dimethylaminyl (Me2N ) or methyl radicals is reversible, the amount of subsequent P-scission (formation of compound C) depending on the nature of Z and R (Scheme 25). For tertiary alkyl radicals and stabilized alkyl radicals no addition is observed (Scheme 25) [63]. 

When acting as a methyl donor, 5-adenosylmethionine forms homocysteine, which may be remethylated by methyltetrahydrofolate catalyzed by methionine synthase, a vitamin Bj2-dependent enzyme (Figure 45-14). The reduction of methylene-tetrahydrofolate to methyltetrahydrofolate is irreversible, and since the major source of tetrahydrofolate for tissues is methyl-tetrahydrofolate, the role of methionine synthase is vital and provides a link between the functions of folate and vitamin B,2. Impairment of methionine synthase in Bj2 deficiency results in the accumulation of methyl-tetrahydrofolate—the folate trap. There is therefore functional deficiency of folate secondary to the deficiency of vitamin B,2. 

Exudate collection in trap solutions usually requires subsequent concentration steps (vacuum evaporation, lyophilization) due to the low concentration of exudate compounds. Depending on the composition of the trap solution, the reduction of sample volume can lead to high salt concentrations, which may interfere with subsequent analysis or may even cause irreversible precipitation of certain exudate compounds (e.g., Ca-citrate, Ca-oxalate, proteins). Therefore, if possible, removal of interfering salts by use of ion exchange resins prior to sample concentration is recommended. Alternatively, solid-phase extraction techniques may be employed for enrichment of exudate compounds from the diluted trap solution (11,22). High-molecular-weight compounds may be concentrated by precipitation with organic solvents [methanol, ethanol, acetone 80% (v/v) for polysaccharides and proteins] or acidification [trichloroacetic acid 10% (w/v), per-... 

All these 3,4-dihydro-2H-1 -benzopyran-2-ones 17 and 18 are substrates of class A and class C (3-lactamases. They are thus the first 8-lactones that are hydrolyzed by [3-lactamases. The kcat values for these substrates are generally smaller than those of the analogous acyclic phenaceturates suggesting that the tethered leaving group obstructs the attack of water on the acyl-enzyme. Despite the apparent advantage of the long-lived acyl-enzymes, the irreversible inhibition by the functionalized compounds is no better than that of acyclic molecules 16. Thus, even the tethered QM cannot efficiently trap a second nucleophile at the [3-lactamase active site, at least as placed as dictated by the structure of compounds 18.70... 

These residues are present in the exhaust gases within the soot particles and are irreversibly trapped in the DPF. They mainly consist of calcium sulfate (with other components containing zinc and iron). For the DPF technology using the fuel additivation, additives also participate in the residues formation. 

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