Issue 21, 2014

Environmental control of nucleophilic catalysis in water

Abstract

The nucleophilic catalysis by a pyridyl group in ester/phosphate ester hydrolysis was modulated by the microenvironmental hydrophobicity around the catalyst. The catalytic efficiency was enhanced thousands or tens of thousands of times and the activity was maintained well below the pKa of the pyridyl group.

Graphical abstract: Environmental control of nucleophilic catalysis in water

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Dec 2013
Accepted
20 Jan 2014
First published
21 Jan 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2718-2720

Environmental control of nucleophilic catalysis in water

G. Chadha and Y. Zhao, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2718 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49593K

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