ISSN:
0192-8651
Schlagwort(e):
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Informatik
Notizen:
A comprehensive study on the gas-phase alkaline hydrolysis of cephalosporins by using the semiempirical AM1 method was carried out. Cephalothin was the model compound used on account of the presence of a good leaving group at C(3′). According to the results obtained, the hydrolysis process takes place via a twostep reaction mechanism that involves the formation of an intermediate with a fully open β-lactam ring that still preserves the acetate group. Likewise, the exo methylene end product is chiefly formed by nucleophilic attack on the β-lactam carbonyl group of cephalosporins containing a good leaving group at C(3′). On the other hand, the alternative mechanism involving hydrolysis of the ester function in the side chain at 3′ and subsequent hydrolysis of the resulting β-lactam yieds essentially the corresponding enamine. The presence of a first solvation layer consisting of five water molecules showed that, even though some potential barriers are slightly increased, the mechanism involved is identical to that of the gas-phase hydrolysis of this antibiotic. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Zusätzliches Material:
5 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540141217
