scholarly journals Study of the hydrolysis and ionization constants of Schiff base from pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and n-hexylamine in partially aqueous solvents. An application to phosphorylase b

1986 ◽  
Vol 238 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Donoso ◽  
F Muñoz ◽  
A García Del Vado ◽  
G Echevarría ◽  
F García Blanco

Formation and hydrolysis rate constants as well as equilibrium constants of the Schiff base derived from pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and n-hexylamine were determined between pH 3.5 and 7.5 in ethanol/water mixtures (3:17, v/v, and 49:1, v/v). The results indicate that solvent polarity scarcely alters the values of these constants but that they are dependent on the pH. Spectrophotometric titration of this Schiff base was also carried out. We found that a pKa value of 6.1, attributed in high-polarity media to protonation of the pyridine nitrogen atom, is independent of solvent polarity, whereas the pKa of the monoprotonated form of the imine falls from 12.5 in ethanol/water (3:17) to 11.3 in ethanol/water (49:1). Fitting of the experimental results for the hydrolysis to a theoretical model indicates the existence of a group with a pKa value of 6.1 that is crucial in the variation of kinetic constant of hydrolysis with pH. Studies of the reactivity of the coenzyme (pyridoxal 5′-phosphate) of glycogen phosphorylase b with hydroxylamine show that this reaction only occurs when the pH value of solution is below 6.5 and the hydrolysis of imine bond has started. We propose that the decrease in activity of phosphorylase b when the pH value is less than 6.2 must be caused by the cleavage of enzyme-coenzyme binding and that this may be related with protonation of the pyridine nitrogen atom of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate.

1981 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kordova ◽  
A. A. Fomichev ◽  
V. P. Zvolinskii ◽  
A. N. Gusarov ◽  
V. G. Pleshakov ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Dufour ◽  
Yves Dartiguenave ◽  
Michèle Dartiguenave ◽  
Nathalie Dufour ◽  
Anne-Marie Lebuis ◽  
...  

Crystals of 7-azaindole ([Formula: see text], a = 11.312(4), b = 14.960(6), c = 15.509(5) Å, α = 102.86(3), β = 108.78(3), γ = 90.71(3)°, Z = 16, R = 0.052) contain tetrameric units of approximate S4 symmetry, in which the molecules are associated by means of four complementary N—H … N hydrogen bonds. [CH3Hg(7-azaindole)]NO3 ([Formula: see text], a = 7.818(3), b = 7.884(3), c = 9.135(4) Å, α = 97.89(3), β = 109.13(3), γ = 103.28(3)°, Z = 2, R = 0.039) contains well-separated nitrate ions and complex cations in which the methylmercury group is linearly bonded to the pyridine nitrogen atom, whereas the five-membered ring remains protonated. In the neutral [CH3Hg(azaindolate)] complex ([Formula: see text], a = 10.926(10), b = 11.333(8), c = 11.647(10) Å, α = 92.13(8), β = 104.83(9), γ = 111.86(7)°, Z = 6, R = 0.048), methylmercury groups have substituted the N—H proton in the five-membered ring for the three symmetry-independent molecules. Intermolecular secondary Hg … N bonds are found with pyridine nitrogens. Keywords: azaindole, methylmercury, crystal structure.


1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 898-902
Author(s):  
V. P. Lezina ◽  
S. G. Rozenberg ◽  
O. M. Glozman ◽  
L. A. Zhmurenko ◽  
V. A. Zagorevskii

1981 ◽  
Vol 200 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Sandhu ◽  
D R Fraser

A hypothesis of Mason & Kodicek [(1970) Biochem. J. 120, 515-521] that esterified nicotinic acid in niacytin from cereals is a precursor for trigonelline was investigated in rats. Single oral doses of niacytin resulted in the excretion of trigonelline in urine but only in rats that were niacin-deficient and were fed a cereal diet. These animals were found to have an abnormally permeable intestine, which allowed the uptake of molecules not usually absorbed. Orally administered synthetic [14C]nicotinoyl[3H]methylcellulose was shown to be absorbed by niacin-deficient rats on a cereal diet and [14C]trigonelline was excreted in urine. These data indicate that dietary cereal induces a permeability defect in the intestinal mucosa of niacin-deficient rats, which allows the uptake of macromolecular niacytin. The nicotinoyl pyridine nitrogen atom is then methylated and slow hydrolysis releases trigonelline from the macromolecule.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1079-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Mirel Popa ◽  
Emilian Georgescu ◽  
Mino R Caira ◽  
Florentina Georgescu ◽  
Constantin Draghici ◽  
...  

The three possible structural isomers of 4-(pyridyl)pyrimidine were employed for the synthesis of new pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines and new indolizines, by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of their corresponding N-ylides generated in situ from their corresponding cycloimmonium bromides. In the case of 4-(3-pyridyl)pyrimidine and 4-(4-pyridyl)pyrimidine the quaternization reactions occur as expected at the pyridine nitrogen atom leading to pyridinium bromides and consequently to new indolizines via the corresponding pyridinium N-ylides. However, in the case of 4-(2-pyridyl)pyrimidine the steric hindrance directs the reaction to the pyrimidinium N-ylides and, subsequently, to the formation of the pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines. The new pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines and the new indolizines were structurally characterized through NMR spectroscopy. The X-ray structures of two of the starting materials, 4-(2-pyridyl)pyrimidine and 4-(4-pyridyl)pyrimidine, are also reported.


2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlette Richaud ◽  
Francisco Méndez

Motivated by the unprecedented nucleophilic attack at the pyridine nitrogen atom in bis(imino)pyridines, observed by Gambarotta <em>et al.</em> and Gibson <em>et al.</em>, and the fact that normally pyridine undergoes reactions with electrophiles at its nitrogen atom, we applied the local hard and soft acids and bases principle to assert that nucleophilic attack at pyridine nitrogen atom depends fundamentally on stereoelectronic factors.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (37) ◽  
pp. 22936-22945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Chen ◽  
Zhen Bo Su ◽  
Jing Ping Xu ◽  
Li Jing Lin ◽  
Xin Fei Dong ◽  
...  

The lone pair of electrons of the pyridine nitrogen atom can form a complex with some metal ions such as Cu+, Ag+, etc.


2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1217-1226
Author(s):  
Nicolay I. Dodoff

The complexes cis-[Pd(PMSA)2Cl2] cis-[Pt(PMSA)2X2], trans-[Pt(PMSA)2I2] and [Pt(PMSA)4]Cl2 (PMSA = N-3-pyridinylmethanesulfonamide; X = Cl, Br, I) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molar electric conductivity, IR and 1H NMR spectra. A detailed assignment of the IR spectra (4000-150 cm-1) of the complexes, supported by an approximate normal coordinate analysis, has been performed. The complexes are of square-planar type and the PMSA ligand is coordinated via the pyridine nitrogen atom.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 1349-1352
Author(s):  
Thierno Moussa Seck ◽  
Papa Aly Gaye ◽  
Cheikh Ndoye ◽  
Ibrahima Elhadji Thiam ◽  
Ousmane Diouf ◽  
...  

A tetranuclear ZnII complex, [Zn4(C13H11N6O)2Cl6(H2O)2] or {[Zn2(HL)(H2O)(Cl2)](μCl)2[Zn2(HL)(H2O)(Cl)]}2, was synthesized by mixing an equimolar amount of a methanol solution containing ZnCl2 and a methanol solution containing the ligand H2 L [1,5-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)carbonohydrazide]. In the tetranuclear complex, each of the two ligand molecules forms a dinuclear unit that is connected to another dinuclear unit by two bridging chloride anions. In each dinuclear unit, one ZnII cation is pentacoordinated in a N2OCl2 in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, while the other ZnII cation is hexacoordinated in a N3OCl2 environment with a distorted octahedral geometry. The basal plane around the pentacoordinated ZnII cation is formed by one chloride anion, one oxygen atom, one imino nitrogen atom and one pyridine nitrogen atom with the apical position occupied by a chloride anion. The basal plane of the hexacoordinated ZnII cation is formed by one chloride anion, one hydrazinyl nitrogen atom, one imino nitrogen atom and one pyridine nitrogen atom with the apical positions occupied by a water oxygen atom and a bridged chloro anion from another dinuclear unit, leading to a tetranuclear complex. A series of intramolecular C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds is observed in each tetranuclear unit. In the crystal, the tetranuclear units are connected by intermolecular C—H...Cl, C—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming a planar two-dimensional structure in the ac plane.


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