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17: Catalysis review

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    Name: ______________________________

    Section: _____________________________

    Student ID#:__________________________

    Catalysis Review

    Review: Summary of Catalysis Ideas*

    *Answers in Canvas

    Catalysts:

    1. Provide an alternative reaction pathway that has (higher/lower) E.

    2. Are ________________ (regenerated/consumed).

    3. Sketch a reaction profile of an un-catalyzed reaction.

    4. Sketch a reaction profile of a catalyzed version of that reaction. Label the important changes.

    Different catalytic approaches:

    1. Acid or Lewis Acid: Increase the __________ of a carbonyl. Explain using the example below.

      Screen Shot 2019-04-03 at 9.12.42 AM.png

    2. Base: Increase the ___________ of the nucleophile.

    3. Transition Metals they bind (reversibly/irreversible) to ligands; that ability lets them hold reactants close together. They also provide alternate reactions with (higher/lower) ΔG.

    4. Enzymes:

      1. Reduces the reaction entropy change in which step? (Circle one)

        E + S -> E· S -> E· P -> E + P

        Explain.

      2. Lower the activation barrier by stabilizing ____________.

        Circle the catalyzed pathway below and explain which compound/complex was stabilized.

        Screen Shot 2019-04-03 at 9.15.48 AM.png

      3. Enzymes bind substrates using ________________. Provide an example.

      4. Enzymes (stabilize/destabilize) the substrate by straining the shape of the substrate. Explain using the picture below.

        Screen Shot 2019-04-03 at 9.16.42 AM.png

      5. Enzymes use acid and base catalysis. Show the arrows. Explain how this differs from solution phase base catalysis.

        Screen Shot 2019-04-03 at 9.18.09 AM.png

      6. Enzymes convert the substrate into new substrate with a more electrophilic group. This is called page3image44677184. Add arrows to the example below and clearly state how this strategy is employed.

        Screen Shot 2019-04-03 at 9.20.36 AM.png

    Review: Enzyme Binding

    • Define active site.

    • How does an enzyme bind a substrate? List some strategies.

    • There are two models for enzyme binding. Provide definitions for the two models that clearly differentiate between them.

      • lock-and-key model:

      • induced fit model:

    • Define allosteric site.

    • What is the difference between allosteric regulation and competitive inhibition?


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