Glycine enolates:: The large effect of iminium ion formation on α-amino carbon acidity
Glycine enolates:: The large effect of iminium ion formation on α-amino carbon acidity
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DOI:
10.1021/ja016250c
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发表时间:
2001-08-15
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15
通讯作者:
Richard, JP
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作者:
Rios, A;Crugeiras, J;Richard, JP
We wish to report extraordinarily efficient catalysis of deprotonation of the R-amino carbon of glycine methyl ester by the simple ketone acetone that is the result of a 107-fold larger acidity constant KCH for carbon deprotonation of the iminium ion adduct IH+(pKCH) 14) than for deprotonation of N-protonated glycine methyl ester GH+(pKCH) 21).The mechanism for enzyme-catalyzed deprotonation of carbon acids is a subject of some controversy and much interest. 1 The bulk of the rate acceleration for enzyme-catalyzed carbon deprotonation of R-amino acids is the result of stabilization of the amino acid enol (ate) relative to the very weak parent carbon acid. 1 We have shown that the acidity of the R-proton of glycine anion H2NCH2CO2-is increased ca. 1012-fold by the combined effects of N-protonation and O-methylation (a model for O-protonation) to give+ H3NCH2CO2Me (GH+). 2, 3 It is well-known that formation of adducts of R-amino acids to the complex enzyme cofactor pyridoxal phosphate results in a large increase in the acidity of the R-amino carbon. 4 We now show that the carbon acidity of an R-amino acid ester is increased dramatically by formation of the