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  • Title: La3+-catalyzed methanolysis of N-aryl-beta-lactams and nitrocefin.
    Author: Montoya-Pelaez PJ, Gibson GT, Neverov AA, Brown RS.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2003 Dec 29; 42(26):8624-32. PubMed ID: 14686838.
    Abstract:
    The kinetics of the La(3+)-catalyzed methanolysis of N-phenyl-beta-lactam (2) and N-p-nitrophenyl-beta-lactam (3) as well as that of nitrocefin (1) were studied at 25 degrees C under buffered conditions. In the case of 2 and 3, the observed second-order rate constants (k(2)(obs)) for catalysis plateau at pH 7.5-7.8, reaching values of 1 x 10(-)(2) and 35 x 10(-)(2) M(-)(1) s(-)(1) respectively. Potentiometric titrations of solutions of 2 x 10(-)(3) M La(OTf)(3) were analyzed in terms of a dimer model (La(3+)(2)((-)OCH(3))(n)()), where the number of methoxides varies from 1 to 5. The species responsible for catalysis in the pH range investigated contain 1-3 methoxides, the one having the highest catalytic activity being La(3+)(2)((-)OCH(3))(2), which comprises 80% of the total La(3+) forms present at its pH maximum of 8.9. The catalysis afforded by the La(3+) dimers at a neutral pH is impressive relative to the methoxide reactions: at pH 8.4 a 1 mM solution of catalyst (generated from 2 mM La(OTf)(3)) accelerated the methanolysis of 2 by approximately 2 x 10(7)-fold and 3 by approximately 5 x 10(5)-fold. As a function of metal ion concentration, the La(3+)-catalyzed methanolysis of 1 proceeds by pathways involving first one bound metal ion and then a second La(3+) leading to a plateau in the k(obs) vs [La(3+)](total) plots at all pH values. The k(max)(obs) pseudo-first-order rate constants at the plateaus, representing the spontaneous methanolysis of La(3+)(2)(1(-)) forms, has a linear dependence on [(-)OCH(3)] (slope = 0.84 +/- 0.05 if all pH values are used and 1.02 +/- 0.03 if all but the two highest pH values are used). The speciation of bound 1 at a La(3+) concentrations corresponding to that of the onset of the kinetic plateau region was approximated through potentiometric titration of the nonreactive 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid in the presence of 2 equiv of La(OTf)(3). A total speciation diagram for all bound forms of La(3+)(2)(1(-))((-)OCH(3))(n)(), where n = 0-5, was constructed and used to determine their kinetic contributions to the overall pH vs k(max)(obs) plot under kinetic conditions. Two kinetically equivalent mechanisms were analyzed: methoxide attack on La(3+)(2)(1(-))((-)OCH(3))(n)(), n = 0-2; unimolecular decomposition of the forms La(3+)(2)(1(-))((-)OCH(3))(n)(), n = 1-3.
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