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===The Enediol(ate) Intermediate as a Kinetic Barrier=== | ===The Enediol(ate) Intermediate as a Kinetic Barrier=== | ||
The formation and stabilization of the enediol(ate) intermediate has been a source of great discussion amongst scientists in the field. This is due to the fact that the formation of the enediol(ate) intermediate presents a large thermodynamic barrier involving the abstraction of the α-proton from the carbon acid substrate, an unfavorable process due to the lack of acidity and high p''K''a of the C1 atom of the substrate. The "classic" mechanism (shown above) put forth by Knowles and co-workers stated that the kinetic barrier is overcome by the concerted deprotonation of the C1 and the protonation of the C2 carbonyl oxygen which would effectively allow for equivalent free energies for each species shown above, thus promoting an equilibrium constant near unity.<ref>PMID:9398185</ref> This concept of preferential binding arising from matching of the reaction energy barriers is a common theme of enzyme catalysis <ref>PMID:17287353</ref>. | The formation and stabilization of the enediol(ate) intermediate has been a source of great discussion amongst scientists in the field. This is due to the fact that the formation of the enediol(ate) intermediate presents a large thermodynamic barrier involving the abstraction of the α-proton from the carbon acid substrate, an unfavorable process due to the lack of acidity and high p''K''a of the C1 atom of the substrate. The "classic" mechanism (shown above) put forth by Knowles and co-workers stated that the kinetic barrier is overcome by the concerted deprotonation of the C1 and the protonation of the C2 carbonyl oxygen which would effectively allow for equivalent free energies for each species shown above, thus promoting an equilibrium constant near unity.<ref>PMID:9398185</ref> This concept of preferential binding arising from matching of the reaction energy barriers is a common theme of enzyme catalysis <ref>PMID:17287353</ref>. | ||