Turnover number 2+2 additions

The decarbonylation-dehydration of the fatty acid 887 catalyzed by PdCl2(Ph3P)2 fO.Ol mol%) was carried out by heating its mixture with acetic-anhydride at 250 C to afford the terminal alkene 888 with high selectivity and high catalyst turnover number (12 370). The reaction may proceed by the oxidative addition of Pd to the mixed anhydride[755]. 

Szent-Gyorgyi further showed that the viscosity of an actomyosin solution was lowered by the addition of ATP, indicating that ATP decreases myosin s affinity for actin. Kinetic studies demonstrated that myosin ATPase activity was increased substantially by actin. (For this reason, Szent-Gyorgyi gave the name actin to the thin filament protein.) The ATPase turnover number of pure myosin is 0.05/sec. In the presence of actin, however, the turnover number increases to about 10/sec, a number more like that of intact muscle fibers. 

Palladium(II) complexes provide convenient access into this class of catalysts. Some examples of complexes which have been found to be successful catalysts are shown in Scheme 11. They were able to get reasonable turnover numbers in the Heck reaction of aryl bromides and even aryl chlorides [22,190-195]. Mechanistic studies concentrated on the Heck reaction [195] or separated steps like the oxidative addition and reductive elimination [196-199]. Computational studies by DFT calculations indicated that the mechanism for NHC complexes is most likely the same as that for phosphine ligands [169], but also in this case there is a need for more data before a definitive answer can be given on the mechanism. 

Iron porphyrins (containing TPP, picket fence porphyrin, or a basket handle porphyrin) catalyzed the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO at the Fe(I)/Fe(0) wave in DMF, although the catalyst was destroyed after a few cycles. Addition of a Lewis acid, for example Mg , dramatically improved the rate, the production of CO, and the stability of the catalyst. The mechanism was proposed to proceed by reaction of the reduced iron porphyrin Fe(Por)] with COi to form a carbene-type intermediate [Fe(Por)=C(0 )2, in which the presence of the Lewis acid facilitates C—O bond breaking. " The addition of a Bronsted acid (CF3CH2OH, n-PrOH or 2-pyrrolidone) also results in improved catalyst efficiency and lifetime, with turnover numbers up to. 750 per hour observed. ... 

The interest in catalyst recyclability has led to the development of biphasic catalysts for hydro-boration.22 Derivitization of Wilkinson s catalyst with fluorocarbon ponytails affords [Rh(P (CH2)2(CF2)5CF3 3)3Cl] which catalyzes FIBcat addition to norbornene in a mixture of C6FnCF3 and tetrahydrofuran (TF1F) or toluene (alternatively a nonsolvent system can be used with just the fluorocarbon and norbornene) to give exo-norborneol in 76% yield with a turnover number up to 8,500 (Scheme 4). Mono-, di- and trisubstituted alkenes can all be reacted under these conditions. The catalyst can be readily recycled over three runs with no loss of activity.23... 

In addition to KM and vmax, the turnover number (molar activity) and the specific activity are two important parameters in enzyme catalyzed reactions. The turnover number indicates the number of substrate molecules converted per unit time by a single enzyme molecule. The specific activity is given in units and one international unit (i.u.) is the amount of enzyme that consumes or forms 1 pmol of substrate or 1 pmol of product per minute under standard conditions. 

The catalyst efficiency of these hydroalumination varies from a turnover number (TON) of 20-91. It is possible that the catalyst is deactivated by the presence of oxygen and water. Examination of the 31P NMR spectrum of the catalyst indicates that the phosphine monoxide and dioxide are formed in the presence of nickel prior to the addition of the substrate. Rigorous exclusion of oxygen and water is necessary in all these reactions. The enantioselective nickel-catalyzed hydroalumination route to dihydronaphthalenols may prove to be particularly important. Only one other method has been reported for the enantioselective syntheses of these compounds microbial oxidation of dihydronaphthalene by Pseudomonas putida UV4 generates the dihydronaphthalenol in 60% yield and >95% ee.1... 

Beller and coworkers recently realized a more practical system for reductive amination of aromatic aldehydes using ammonia [79]. Their preferred conditions, which require the addition of an acidic additive, are shown in Scheme 15.10. Without extensive optimization, turnover numbers of 1700 could be... 

The product is exclusively carbon monoxide, and good turnover numbers are found in preparative-scale electrolysis. Analysis of the reaction orders in CO2 and AH suggests the mechanism depicted in Scheme 4.6. After generation of the iron(O) complex, the first step in the catalytic reaction is the formation of an adduct with one molecule of CO2. Only one form of the resulting complex is shown in the scheme. Other forms may result from the attack of CO2 on the porphyrin, since all the electronic density is not necessarily concentrated on the iron atom [an iron(I) anion radical and an iron(II) di-anion mesomeric forms may mix to some extent with the form shown in the scheme, in which all the electronic density is located on iron]. Addition of a weak Bronsted acid stabilizes the iron(II) carbene-like structure of the adduct, which then produces the carbon monoxide complex after elimination of a water molecule. The formation of carbon monoxide, which is the only electrolysis product, also appears in the cyclic voltammogram. The anodic peak 2a, corresponding to the reoxidation of iron(II) into iron(III) is indeed shifted toward a more negative value, 2a, as it is when CO is added to the solution. 

Probably the first isolated tungsten alkylidene complex active in metathesis and completely characterised is the one shown in Figure 16.10 reported by Wengrovius and Schrock the analysis included an X-ray structure determination by Churchill and co-workers [18], The alkylidene was transferred from a tantalum complex to yield the hexacoordinate tungsten complex containing two PEt3 ligands. One of these can be removed by the addition of half an equivalent of palladium chloride. The total turnover number of these catalysts with Lewis acids added was 50 in 24 hours. 

Unlike the whole-cell system, enzymatic reductions require the addition of a hydride donating cofactor to regenerate the reduced form of the enzyme. Depending on the chosen ADH, the cofactor is usually NADH or NADPH, both of which are prohibitively expensive for use in stoichiometric quantities at scale. Given the criticality of cofactor cost, numerous methods of in situ cofactor regeneration, both chemical and biocatalytic, have been investigated. However, only biocatalytic regeneration has so far proven to be sufficiently selective to provide the cofactor total turnover numbers of at least 10 required in production. 

In the absence of an enzyme, the reaction rate v is proportional to the concentration of substance A (top). The constant k is the rate constant of the uncatalyzed reaction. Like all catalysts, the enzyme E (total concentration [E]t) creates a new reaction pathway, initially, A is bound to E (partial reaction 1, left), if this reaction is in chemical equilibrium, then with the help of the law of mass action—and taking into account the fact that [E]t = [E] + [EA]—one can express the concentration [EA] of the enzyme-substrate complex as a function of [A] (left). The Michaelis constant lknow that kcat > k—in other words, enzyme-bound substrate reacts to B much faster than A alone (partial reaction 2, right), kcat. the enzyme s turnover number, corresponds to the number of substrate molecules converted by one enzyme molecule per second. Like the conversion A B, the formation of B from EA is a first-order reaction—i. e., V = k [EA] applies. When this equation is combined with the expression already derived for EA, the result is the Michaelis-Menten equation. 

The ratio of the turnover number (i.e., Emax/[Etotai]) to the Xn, value of a substrate in a particular enzyme-catalyzed reaction. When kcat and are the true steady-state parameters, this ratio (or the ratio Emax/T m) is an excellent gauge of the specificity of the enzyme for that substrate. The larger the ratio, the more effective that substrate is used by the enzyme under study. In addition, the effects of a number of mechanistic probes of enzyme action on this ratio (for example, pH effects, isotope effects, temperature effects, the influence of various modifiers, etc.) can provide much information on the catalytic and binding mechanism. See... 

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