Photochemical Electron Transfer Initiated Oxidative Fragmentation of Aminopinacols. Factors Governing Reaction Rates and Quantum Efficiencies of C-C Bond Cleavage

1995 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
pp. 3566-3573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Gan ◽  
Uwe Leinhos ◽  
Ian R. Gould ◽  
David G. Whitten
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Reaction Rates

scholarly journals Light-Driven Depolymerization of Native Lignin Enabled by Proton- Coupled Electron Transfer

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suong Nguyen ◽  
Phillip Murray ◽  
Robert Knowles
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Direct Conversion ◽  
Alkoxy Radical ◽  
Radical Intermediate ◽  
Polymer Backbone ◽  
Good Efficiency ◽  
Chemical Reagents ◽  
Proton Coupled Electron Transfer

<div><p>Here we report a catalytic, light-driven method for the redox-neutral depolymerization of native lignin biomass at ambient temperature. This transformation proceeds via a proton-coupled electron-transfer (PCET) activation of an alcohol O–H bond to generate a key alkoxy radical intermediate, which then drives the <i>β</i>-scission of a vicinal C–C bond. Notably, this depolymerization is driven solely by visible light irradiation, requiring no stoichiometric chemical reagents and producing no stoichiometric waste. This method exhibits good efficiency and excellent selectivity for the activation and fragmentation of <i>β</i>-O-4 linkages in the polymer backbone, even in the presence of numerous other PCET-active functional groups. DFT analysis suggests that the key C–C bond cleavage reactions produce non-equilibrium product distributions, driven by excited-state redox events. These results provide further evidence that visible-light photocatalysis can serve as a viable method for the direct conversion of lignin biomass into valuable arene feedstocks.</p></div>

On the Kinetics and Mechanism of Spontaneous Intramolecular Reduction of the Central Metal Ion in K2[Mn(IV)-2-α-hydroxyethyl isochlorin e4] Acetate in Aqueous Alkaline Solutions and its Relation to the Binding Sites of Manganese in Photosynthesis

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Vierke ◽  
Manfred Müller
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Bimolecular Reaction ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Alkaline Solutions ◽  
Central Metal ◽  
Pseudo First Order Reaction ◽  
Spontaneous Reduction ◽  
Acid Base Equilibrium

Abstract Spectrophotometric investigation of the kinetics of the spontaneous reduction of the central metal ion in K2[Mn (IV)-2-α-hydroxyethyl-isochlorine e4] acetate in aqueous alkaline solution in the absence of any reducing agent reveals that it is a pseudo-first order reaction which is specifically hydroxide ion catalyzed. The pKα-value of the acid-base equilibrium has been estimated to be 14.4. Electron transfer to the central metal ion is the rate limiting step. The measurements of its temperature dependence yields an activation enthalpy of ∆H‡ = 12 kcal/mol and an entropy of activation ∆S‡ = - 30 e.u. thus indicating that the electron transfer step is a bimolecular reaction. The most likely reactant is water. The reduction reaction does not take place with appreciable reaction rates at physiological pH. Thus, when bound to a suitable ligand of the chlorin type, Mn (IV)-compounds are sufficiently stable with respect to autoxidation to play some role in biological redox reactions as postulated recently for the photoreactivation process of the water splitting system in photosynthesis.

scholarly journals Selective C-N σ Bond Cleavage in Azetidinyl Amides under Transition Metal-Free Conditions

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hengzhao Li ◽  
Zemin Lai ◽  
Adila Adijiang ◽  
Hongye Zhao ◽  
Jie An
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Transfer Reaction ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Electron Transfer Reaction ◽  
Amide Bond ◽  
Single Electron Transfer ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Single Electron Transfer Reaction

Functionalization of amide bond via the cleavage of a non-carbonyl, C-N σ bond remains under-investigated. In this work, a transition-metal-free single-electron transfer reaction has been developed for the C-N σ bond cleavage of N-acylazetidines using the electride derived from sodium dispersions and 15-crown-5. Of note, less strained cyclic amides and acyclic amides are stable under the reaction conditions, which features the excellent chemoselectivity of the reaction. This method is amenable to a range of unhindered and sterically encumbered azetidinyl amides.

scholarly journals Photoinduced electron-transfer chemistry of the bielectrophoric N-phthaloyl derivatives of the amino acids tyrosine, histidine and tryptophan

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 518-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel G Griesbeck ◽  
Jörg Neudörfl ◽  
Alan de Kiff
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Photoinduced Electron Transfer ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Derivatives Of

The photochemistry of phthalimide derivatives of the electron-rich amino acids tyrosine, histidine and tryptophan 8–10 was studied with respect to photoinduced electron-transfer (PET) induced decarboxylation and Norrish II bond cleavage. Whereas exclusive photodecarboxylation of the tyrosine substrate 8 was observed, the histidine compound 9 resulted in a mixture of histamine and preferential Norrish cleavage. The tryptophan derivative 10 is photochemically inert and shows preferential decarboxylation only when induced by intermolecular PET.

Dynamics of biochemical and biophysical reactions: insight from computer simulations

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arieh Warshel ◽  
William W. Parson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Transmission Coefficient ◽  
Enzyme Catalysis ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Enzyme Reactions ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Nuclear Tunneling

1. Introduction 5632. Obtaining rate constants from molecular-dynamics simulations 5642.1 General relationships between quantum electronic structures and reaction rates 5642.2 The transition-state theory (TST) 5692.3 The transmission coefficient 5723. Simulating biological electron-transfer reactions 5753.1 Semi-classical surface-hopping and the Marcus equation 5753.2 Treating quantum mechanical nuclear tunneling by the dispersed-polaron/spin-boson method 5803.3 Density-matrix treatments 5833.4 Charge separation in photosynthetic bacterial reaction centers 5844. Light-induced photoisomerizations in rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin 5965. Energetics and dynamics of enzyme reactions 6145.1 The empirical-valence-bond treatment and free-energy perturbation methods 6145.2 Activation energies are decreased in enzymes relative to solution, often by electrostatic effects that stabilize the transition state 6205.3 Entropic effects in enzyme catalysis 6275.4 What is meant by dynamical contributions to catalysis? 6345.5 Transmission coefficients are similar for corresponding reactions in enzymes and water 6365.6 Non-equilibrium solvation effects contribute to catalysis mainly through Δg[Dagger], not the transmission coefficient 6415.7 Vibrationally assisted nuclear tunneling in enzyme catalysis 6485.8 Diffusive processes in enzyme reactions and transmembrane channels 6516. Concluding remarks 6587. Acknowledgements 6588. References 658Obtaining a detailed understanding of the dynamics of a biochemical reaction is a formidable challenge. Indeed, it might appear at first sight that reactions in proteins are too complex to analyze microscopically. At room temperature, even a relatively small protein can have as many as 1034 accessible conformational states (Dill, 1985). In many cases, however, we have detailed structural information about the active site of an enzyme, whereas such information is missing for corresponding chemical systems in solution. The atomic coordinates of the chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin, for example, are known to a resolution of 1–2 Å. In addition, experimental studies of biological processes such as photoisomerization and electron transfer have provided a wealth of detailed information that eventually may make some of these processes classical problems in chemical physics as well as biology.

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