Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1997, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 513.

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Carboxyester Hydrolysis Promoted by New Zinc(Ⅱ) Macrocyclic Tetraamine Complexes with a Phenol Pendant

LIN Hua-Kuan, KOU Fu-Ping, ZHU Shou-Rong, CHEN Rong-Ti   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071
  • Received:1996-03-19 Online:1997-05-24 Published:1997-05-24

Abstract: Three new macrocyclic tetraamine ligands(L1,L2,L3) bearing substituted phenolpendant were synthesized and charaterized by elementary analysis, IR, and 1H NMR.By pHtitration at 25±0.1℃, I=0.1 mol/L KNO3, studies of protonation of L3 and complexationof Zn(Ⅱ) with L3 have been carried out and revealed that the pendant phenol deprotonateswith relative low PKa values of 8.3 and 8.5 for these two cases, respectively.It is due to theformation of hydrogen bond between phenol and proton combining on the nitrogen atoms ofmacrocycle, and the coordination between phenol and Zn(Ⅱ) metal ion.The Zn(Ⅱ)-boundphenol is shown to be a reactive nucleophile and catalyzes 4-nitrophenyl acetate(NA) hydrol-ysis.Akinetic study of NAhydrolysis by these three ligands'Zn (Ⅱ) complexes in 10%(volume ratio) CH3CNat 25℃, I =0.1 mol/L NaClO4, and pH 8.63 (20mmol/L Trisbuffer), has established a second-order rate constant kc/L (mol/L)-1· s-1 ]of 3.48×10-2,1.52×10-2, 2.85×10-2, respectively.

Key words: Functionalized macrocycle, Hydrolytic enzyme, Catalysis, Rate constant

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