A Simple DNase Model System Comprising a Dinuclear Zn(II) Complex in Methanol Accelerates the Cleavage of a Series of Methyl Aryl Phosphate Diesters by 10<sup>11</sup>−10<sup>13</sup>
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Abstract
The di-Zn(II) complex of 1,3-bis[ N1, N1'-(1,5,9-triazacyclododecyl)]propane with an associated methoxide ( 3:Zn(II) 2: (-)OCH 3) was prepared and its catalysis of the methanolysis of a series of fourteen methyl aryl phosphate diesters ( 6) was studied at s (s)pH 9.8 in methanol at 25.0 +/- 0.1 degrees C. Plots of k obs vs [ 3:Zn(II) 2: (-)OCH 3] free for all members of 6 show saturation behavior from which K(M) and kcat (max) were determined. The second order rate constants for the catalyzed reactions (kcat (max)/K(M)) for each substrate are larger than the corresponding methoxide catalyzed reaction (k 2 (-OMe)) by 1.4 x 10(8) to 3 x 10 (9)-fold. The values of k cat (max) for all members of 6 are between 4 x 10(11) and 3 x 10(13) times larger than the solution reaction at s (s)pH 9.8, with the largest accelerations being given for substrates where the departing aryloxy unit contains ortho-NO 2 or C(O)OCH 3 groups. Based on the linear Brønsted plots of k cat (max) vs s (s)pKa of the phenol, beta lg values of -0.57 and -0.34 are determined respectively for the catalyzed methanolysis of "regular" substrates that do not contain the ortho-NO 2 or C(O)OCH 3 groups, and those substrates that do. The data are consistent with a two step mechanism for the catalyzed reaction with rate limiting formation of a catalyst-coordinated phosphorane intermediate, followed by fast loss of the aryloxy leaving group. A detailed energetics calculation indicates that the catalyst binds the transition state comprising [CH 3O (-): 6], giving a hypothetical [ 3:Zn(II) 2:CH 3O (-): 6] complex, by -21.4 to -24.5 kcal/mol, with the strongest binding being for those substrates having the ortho-NO 2 or C(O)OCH 3 groups.
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| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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