Observed pseudo-first-order rate constants (k(obs)) of the hydride-transfer reactions from isopropyl alcohol (i-PrOH) to two NAD(+) analogues, 9-phenylxanthylium ion (PhXn(+)) and 10-methylacridinium ion (MA(+)), were determined at temperatures ranging from 49 to 82 degrees C in i-PrOH containing various amounts of AN or water. Formations of the alcohol-cation ether adducts (ROPr-i) were observed as side equilibria. The equilibrium constants for the conversion of PhXn(+) to PhXnOPr-i in i-PrOH/AN (v/v = 1) were determined, and the equilibrium isotope effect (EIE = K(i-PrOH)/K(i-PrOD)) at 62 degrees C was calculated to be 2.67. The k(H) of the hydride-transfer step for both reactions were calculated on the basis of the k(obs) and K. The corresponding deuterium kinetic isotope effects (e.g., KIE(OD)(H) = k(H)(i-PrOH)/k(H)(i-PrOD) and KIE(beta-D6)(H) = k(obs)(i-PrOH)/k(obs)((CD3)2CHOH)), as well as the activation parameters, were derived. For the reaction of PhXn(+) (62 degrees C) and MA(+) (67 degrees C), primary KIE(alpha-D)(H) (4.4 and 2.1, respectively) as well as secondary KIE(OD)(H) (1.07 and 1.18) and KIE(beta-D6)(H) (1.1 and 1.5) were observed. The observed EIE and KIE(OD)(H) were explained in terms of the fractionation factors for deuterium between OH and OH(+)(OH(delta+)) sites. The observed inverse kinetic solvent isotope effect for the reaction of PhXn(+) (k(obs)(i-PrOH)/k(obs)(i-PrOD) = 0.39) is consistent with the intermolecular hydride-transfer mechanism. The dramatic reduction of the reaction rate for MA(+), when the water or i-PrOH cosolvent was replaced by AN, suggests that the hydride-transfer T.S. is stabilized by H-bonding between O of the solvent OH and the substrate alcohol OH(delta+). This result suggests an H-bonding stabilization effect on the T.S. of the alcohol dehydrogenase reactions.

The rate constants of the hydride-transfer reactions from isopropyl alcohol (i-PrOH) to an NAD(+) model, 9-phenylxanthylium ion (PhXn(+)), in acetonitrile (AN) and in water containing AN (80% H(2)O/20% AN) were determined over a temperature range from 36 to 67 degrees C. The reactions follow second-order rate laws. In the latter solution, formation of the water adduct of PhXn(+) was observed as a side-equilibrium (K). The observed inverse solvent kinetic isotope effect (k(H(2)O)(obs)/k(D(2)O)(obs) = 0.54), the larger than unity equilibrium isotope effect (K(H(2)O)/K(D(2)O) = 2.69), and the results of acid effect on the observed rate constants of the reactions are consistent with the "side-equilibrium mechanism". Kinetic isotope effects at all three H/D positions of i-PrOH for the net hydride-transfer process were determined in both solutions at 60 degrees C: KIE(alpha-D)(H) = 3.2(AN), 3.2(H(2)O); KIE(beta-D6)(H) = 1.05(AN), 1.16(H(2)O); KIE(OD)(H) = 1.08(AN), 1.04(H(2)O). These KIE values are consistent with the presence of the positively charged alcohol moiety in the transition state (TS) for cleavage of the alpha-C-H bond, the delocalization of the positive charge over the alpha-C-OH group, and the stepwise hydride and proton transfer processes. Comparison of the activation parameters for the reactions in the two solvent systems as well as those in the i-PrOH/AN (1:1 v/v) reported earlier suggests that the AN medium promotes the reaction by activating the ground-state alcohol reactant through weak interactions with the electron pairs on alcohol O, while water and parent alcohol media facilitate the reaction by H-bonding stabilization of the alcohol moiety of the TS. Results suggest that in the alcohol dehydrogenases without a Zn(II) cofactor in the active sites alcohols would be oxidized via hydride transfer to NAD(+) coenzyme followed by the rapid deprotonation to the nearby basic species in the active site of the enzymes.

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Ln(SePh) 3 (Ln ) Ce, Pr, Nd) reacts with elemental Se in the presence of Na ions to give (py) 16 Ln 17 NaSe 18 (SePh) 16 , a spherical cluster with a 1 nm diameter. All three rare-earth metals form isostructural products. The molecular structure contains a central Ln ion surrounded by eight five-coordinate Se 2that are then surrounded by a group of 16 Ln that define the cluster surface, with additional µ 3 and µ 5 Se 2-, µ 3 and µ 4 SePh -, and pyridine donors saturating the vacant coordination sites of the surface Ln, and a Na ion coordinating to selenolates, a selenido, and pyridine ligands. NIR emission studies of the Nd compound reveal that this material has a 35% quantum efficiency, with four transitions from the excited state 4 F 3/2 ion to 4 I 9/2 , 4 I 11/2 , 4 I 13/2 , and 4 I 15/2 states clearly evident. The presence of Na + is key to the formation of these larger clusters, where reactions using identical concentrations of Nd(SePh) 3 and Se with either Li or K led only to the isolation of (py) 8 Nd 8 Se 6 (SePh) 12 .