Reactions of O,O'-dialkyl thiophosphoric acids with alkyl halides, in the presence of a base, provide a direct synthetic route to phosphorothioates via O,O'-dialkyl thiophosphate anion formation. Studies on the reaction of ambident nucleophile ammonium O,O'-diethyl thiophosphate with benzyl halides and tosylate in different solvents show that only S-alkylation is obtained. Reaction of this ambi...

The kinetics and mechanism of ligand substitution reactions of [Pt(SMC)Cl(2)] (SMC = S-methyl-l-cysteine) with biologically relevant ligands were studied as a function of chloride and nucleophile concentrations at pH 2.5 and 7.2. It was observed that the slope and intercept obtained from the linear dependence of the observed rate constant on the nucleophile concentration strongly depend on the ...

Glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase from Bacillus subtilis is a member of an N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase enzyme superfamily, several of which undergo autocatalytic propeptide processing to generate the mature active enzyme. A series of mutations was analyzed to determine whether amino acid residues required for catalysis are also used for propeptide processing. Propeptid...

A chemoselective method for the carbonylation of allylic substrates CH2=CHCH2X (X=OAc, OC(O)CH2CN, OPh, OEt, OC(O)OPh, OC(O)OiBu, N(H)C(O)Ph, N(Ph)C(O)Ph, N(H)Boc, N(Ph)Boc, Ph, CO2Bn, CN), leading to alkyl succinates with preservation X group, under Pd(II)-catalyzed oxidative conditions, has been developed. Our shows a completely different inverse chemoselectivity respect “classical” substitut...

The studies performed about electrochemical oxidation 2-amino-4-methylphenol indicate that ortho-quinone yielded through oxidation of this chemical compound was unstable and it could be used as Michael acceptor under solvent influences, carrier electrolyte, additives and could be transformed into the various compounds in the form of 1-4 addition Michael reaction. Based on this, in the paper fir...

N substitutions at phosphorus comprise one of the most important classes of reactions in biology. Phosphate diester substitution reactions are catalyzed by nucleases and polymerases and are critical in DNA replication and transcription. Phosphate monoester (phosphoryl transfer) reactions are catalyzed by GTPases, ATPases, protein, and small molecule kinases, protein, and small molecule phosphat...