Llinás, Antonio, Donoso, Josefa, Vilanova, Bartholomew, Frau, Juan, Munoz, Francisco and Page, Michael I. (2000) Thiol-catalysed hydrolysis of benzylpenicillin. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 (7). pp. 1521-1525. ISSN 1472779X
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Thiolysis of benzylpenicillin has been investigated by HPLC and 1H-NMR techniques. Thiols catalyse the hydrolysis of benzylpenicillin through the formation of a thioester intermediate. The catalytically reactive form of the thiol has been demonstrated to be the thiolate anion. Variation of reactivity with changing basicity of the thiolate anion generates a Brønsted nuc value of 0.96, indicating that the breakdown of the tetrahedral intermediate is the rate-limiting step, as occurs in aminolysis and alcoholysis. Solvent kinetic isotope effects of 2.2–2.4 indicate that the solvent, water, probably acts as a general acid catalyst in the breakdown of the tetrahedral intermediate. PM3 theoretical calculations support the proposal that breakdown of the tetrahedral intermediate is rate-limiting. The experimental activation energies for the thiolysis of benzylpenicillin vary from 6.9 to 10.4 kcal mol–1
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry |
Schools: | School of Applied Sciences School of Applied Sciences > Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre |
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Depositing User: | Sara Taylor |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2008 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 10:42 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/2264 |
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