作者:Fabrizio Mancin、Paolo Tecilla、Umberto Tonellato
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(200003)2000:6<1045::aid-ejoc1045>3.0.co;2-m
日期:2000.3
A kinetic study of the reactivity in the cleavage of p-nitrophenyl acetate of a series of 2-pyridineoximes, 1-4, and their complexes with Ni-II, Zn-II and Cu-II is reported. Complexation of the oximic ligands leads to a remarkable increase in the acidity of the oximic group, following the order Cu-II > Ni-II > Zn-II. The oximates of free Ligands and their metal complexes, being alpha-nucleophiles, are quite effective in promoting the cleavage of PNPA. However, the reactivity, as defined by the second-order rate constants, is not predictably related to the acidity of the oximic function. The corresponding Bronsted plot shows a linear behaviour up to a pKa value of ca. 8, above which the reactivity of the uncomplexed oximic functions levels off to a limiting value. In the case of the metal ion complexes, a large effect of the Ligand structure on the reactivity was observed. As a consequence, complexes of appropriate ligands and metal ions show a reactivity that exceeds the apparent limiting one of the oximates. The origin of such effects and their possible implications in the development of new reactivators of phosphorylated acetylcholinesterase are discussed.