Mechanistic Implications of a Linear Free-Energy Correlation of Rate Constants for the Reduction of Active- and Met-R2 Forms ofE. coliRibonucleotide Reductase with Eight Organic Radicals

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (10) ◽  
pp. 2206-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mark Dobbing ◽  
Christopher D. Borman ◽  
Mark B. Twitchett ◽  
David N. Leese ◽  
G. Arthur Salmon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Organic Radicals ◽  
Energy Correlation ◽  
Linear Free Energy

Linear free energy relationship rate constants and basicities of N-substituted phenyl glycines in positronium-glycine complex formation

1987 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongti Chen (Y.T. Chen) ◽  
Jiachang Liang ◽  
Youming Du ◽  
Chun Cao ◽  
Dinzhen Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Complex Formation ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy

Benzhydrylium and tritylium ions: complementary probes for examining ambident nucleophiles

2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin R. Ofial
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Reliable Tool ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Sensitivity Parameter ◽  
Meldrum's Acids ◽  
Kinetics Of

AbstractThe linear free energy relationship log k = sN(N + E) (eq. 1), in which E is an electrophilicity, N is a nucleophilicity, and sN is a nucleophile-dependent sensitivity parameter, is a reliable tool for predicting rate constants of bimolecular electrophile-nucleophile combinations. Nucleophilicity scales that are based on eq. (1) rely on a set of structurally similar benzhydrylium ions (Ar2CH+) as reference electrophiles. As steric effects are not explicitely considered, eq. (1) cannot unrestrictedly be employed for reactions of bulky substrates. Since, on the other hand, the reactions of tritylium ions (Ar3C+) with hydride donors, alcohols, and amines were found to follow eq. (1), tritylium ions turned out to be complementary tools for probing organic reactivity. Kinetics of the reactions of Ar3C+ with π-nucleophiles (olefins), n-nucleophiles (amines, alcohols, water), hydride donors and ambident nucleophiles, such as the anions of 5-substituted Meldrum’s acids, are discussed to analyze the applicability of tritylium ions as reference electrophiles.

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