The kinetics of the reduction of soluble ferricytochrome c by the membrane-bound succinate-cytochrome c reductase system on fragments of inner mitochondrial membrane has been studied spectrophotometrically for comparison with the oxidation of ferrocytochrome c by the membrane-bound oxidase. The time course of the reduction is composed of a part proceeding at constant rate (zero order part), whe...

Acetic acid has been applied as an efficient catalyst and a green solvent for the two–component condensation reaction consisting of benzaldehyde, 2-amino-benzamide. The advantages of this protocol was excellent yield, short reaction time, mild reaction conditions, higher availability, low costs, more environmentally friendly, lack of need for column chromatography and simple work-up procedure. ...

Superoxide radicals are produced in trace amounts by the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Most are removed rapidly by superoxide dismutase in the matrix. Superoxide is also known to react with glutathione. Reported values of the rate constant for this reaction range from 10(2) to in excess of 10(5) M(-1).s(-1). The magnitude of this rate constant has important physiological implications because...

thermodynamic restrictions and simultaneous effects of operational conditions on the homogeneous rhodium-catalyzed carbonylation of methanol are studied in this line of research. it is shown that the general nrtl-virial model can be appropriated to study thermodynamics of the carbonylation. it is obtained that the reaction is kinetically and thermodynamically reasonable at temperatures above 42...

An analysis of regeneration by dilution of a covalently modified protein is presented. It is shown that, when protein regeneration is realized through the intermediacy of a protein-modifying agent adsorptive complex, the reaction is described by a summation of two exponential functions of reaction time plus a constant-term equation. The conditions whereby this equation reduces to a single-expon...

Solvents can significantly alter the rates and selectivity of liquid-phase organic reactions, often hindering the development of new synthetic routes or, if chosen wisely, facilitating routes by improving rates and selectivities. To address this challenge, a systematic methodology is proposed that quickly identifies improved reaction solvents by combining quantum mechanical computations of the ...

Many important reactions involving colloidal suspensions are rapid. Here, we introduce the application of a technique capable of rapidly measuring a reactant species (within 20 ms after the reaction initiation) in situ: an electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopically monitored stopped-flow method (EPR-SF). The utility of this technique is demonstrated by investigating the sorption of Mn on...

in the temperature range of 10 to 80 ºc and in a batch digester, a typical activated sludge was digested aerobically. reaction rate constants were determined by measuring the amounts of volatiles removed from the suspended solids at different time intervals during the process. the maximum value of the reaction rate constant (0.45 d-1) occurred in the temperature range of 55-60˚c. removal of ind...