Isotope effect studies of the decomposition of 2-propanol on hafnium(IV) oxide

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-157
Author(s):  
Ian M. Hoodless

The catalytic decomposition of 2-propanol on hafnium dioxide has been investigated over the temperature range 355–397 °C by a micropulse reactor technique. The major reaction is one of dehydration to propene but dehydrogenation also occurs to a small extent. Isotope effect measurements with deuterio-2-propanols indicate that the rate-limiting step in dehydration involves cleavage of the β-carbon-hydrogen while in the dehydrogenation reaction it is cleavage of the α-carbon-hydrogen bond.

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 438-441
Author(s):  
Klaus Brendel ◽  
Rubin Bressler ◽  
Miguel A. Alizade

Abstract An isotope effect of the dehydrogenation of (R) Carnitine [(R) 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylamino-butyric acid hydrochloride] catalyzed by (R) carnitine dehydrogenase [(R) carnitine: NAD oxido-reductase E.C. 1.1.1.108] from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was measured at different temperatures. It was found that k1H/k3H does not vary greatly with changes of temperature. The value of 3 for k1H/k3H measured at small initial conversions strongly indicated that the rate limiting step of the oxidation of (R) carnitine is the cleavage of the C-H bond at C3.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (23) ◽  
pp. 4359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Z. Brela ◽  
Alja Prah ◽  
Marek Boczar ◽  
Jernej Stare ◽  
Janez Mavri

Monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) is a well-known enzyme responsible for the oxidative deamination of several important monoaminergic neurotransmitters. The rate-limiting step of amine decomposition is hydride anion transfer from the substrate α–CH2 group to the N5 atom of the flavin cofactor moiety. In this work, we focus on MAO A-catalyzed benzylamine decomposition in order to elucidate nuclear quantum effects through the calculation of the hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) kinetic isotope effect. The rate-limiting step of the reaction was simulated using a multiscale approach at the empirical valence bond (EVB) level. We applied path integral quantization using the quantum classical path method (QCP) for the substrate benzylamine as well as the MAO cofactor flavin adenine dinucleotide. The calculated H/D kinetic isotope effect of 6.5 ± 1.4 is in reasonable agreement with the available experimental values.


1978 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A D’Amore ◽  
H B Hechtman ◽  
D Shepro

SummaryOrnithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity, the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of polyamines, can be demonstrated in cultured, bovine, aortic endothelial cells (EC). Serum, serotonin and thrombin produce a rise in ODC activity. The serotonin-induced ODC activity is significantly blocked by imipramine (10-5 M) or Lilly 11 0140 (10-6M). Preincubation of EC with these blockers together almost completely depresses the 5-HT-stimulated ODC activity. These observations suggest a manner by which platelets may maintain EC structural and metabolic soundness.


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