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    Wiley ; 2020
    In:  ChemPhysChem Vol. 21, No. 4 ( 2020-02-17), p. 295-306
    In: ChemPhysChem, Wiley, Vol. 21, No. 4 ( 2020-02-17), p. 295-306
    Abstract: The Kemp elimination reaction is the most widely used in the de novo design of new enzymes. The effect of two different kinds of electric fields in the reactions of acetate as a base with benzisoxazole and 5‐nitrobenzisoxazole as substrates have been theoretically studied. The effect of the solvent reaction field has been calculated using the SMD continuum model for several solvents; we have shown that solvents inhibit both reactions, the decrease of the reaction rate being larger as far as the dielectric constant is increased. The diminution of the reaction rate is especially remarkable between aprotic organic solvents and protic solvents as water, the electrostatic term of the hydrogen bonds being the main factor for the large inhibitory effect of water. The presence of an external electric field oriented in the direction of the charge transfer (z axis) increases it and, so, the reaction rate. In the reaction of the nitro compound, if the electric field is oriented in an orthogonal direction (x axis) the charge transfer to the NO 2 group is favored and there is a subsequent increase of the reaction rate. However, this increase is smaller than the one produced by the field in the z axis. It is worthwhile mentioning that one of the main effects of external electric fields of intermediate intensity is the reorientation of the reactants. Finally, the implications of our results in the de novo design of enzymes are discussed.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1439-4235 , 1439-7641
    URL: Issue
    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2020
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