Kinetics of Decomposition of Nitric Oxide

1953 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Kaufman ◽  
John R. Kelso
1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 550-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P Munro ◽  
D Lyn H. Williams

TheS-nitrosothiols 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-S-nitroso-1-thio-β-D-glucopyranose 3,4,6-triacetate (GPSNO) and S-nitroso-N-carbamyl-D,L-penicillamine (SNCP) were synthesized by S-nitrosation of the corresponding thiols, isolated, and fully characterized. The nitrosothiol (TGSNO) from 1-thioglycerol was obtained as a red gelatinous liquid, which decomposed rapidly at room temperature and so was not characterized. The kinetics of decomposition of GPSNO showed that there is a surprisingly large thermal pathway overlaid with a Cu2+/RS- catalyzed reaction. The results strongly suggest that the product disulfide complexes Cu2+ (for which there is some spectral evidence), leading to incomplete conversion by that route. Ascorbate also acts as a Cu2+ reductant. Another S-nitroso sugar, S-nitroso-1-thio-β-D-glucose (SNTG), behaved very similarly from solutions generated and used in situ. The decomposition of TGSNO shows induction periods suggesting that slow initial generation of Cu+ (the true catalyst) is taking place. There appears to be also a significant alternative pathway (analogous to that found for GPSNO), where the rate appears to be independent of [Cu2+], but very unusually this pathway is effectively halted by addition of EDTA either at the start of the reaction or at a later time. Reaction schemes are put forward to account for these unusual reaction characteristics.Key words: S-nitrosothiols, nitric oxide, ascorbate, copper catalysis.


1994 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 2029-2041
Author(s):  
Oldřich Pytela ◽  
Taťjana Nevěčná

The kinetics of decomposition of 1,3-bis(4-methylphenyl)triazene catalyzed with 13 substituted benzoic acids of various concentrations have been measured in 25 vol.% aqueous methanol at 25.0 °C. The rate constants observed (297 data) have be used as values of independent variable in a series of models of the catalyzed decomposition. For the catalytic particles were considered the undissociated acid, its conjugated base, and the proton in both the specific and general catalyses. Some models presumed formation of reactive or nonreactive complexes of the individual reactants. The substituent effect is described by the Hammett equation. The statistically best model in which the observed rate constant is a superposition of a term describing the dependence on proton concentration and a term describing the dependence on the product of concentrations of proton and conjugated base is valid with the presumption of complete proton transfer from the catalyst acid to substrate, which has been proved. The behaviour of 4-dimethylamino, 4-amino, and 3-amino derivatives is anomalous (lower catalytic activity as compared with benzoic acid). This supports the presumed participation of conjugated base in the title process.


FEBS Journal ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 274 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
João B. Vicente ◽  
Francesca M. Scandurra ◽  
João V. Rodrigues ◽  
Maurizio Brunori ◽  
Paolo Sarti ◽  
...  

1977 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARUO HIKITA ◽  
SATORU ASAI ◽  
HARUO ISHIKAWA ◽  
SHIGEYUKI HIRANO

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