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An investigation of the equilibria between aqueous ribose, ribulose, and arabinose

1985; Elsevier BV; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0301-4622(85)80043-0

ISSN

1873-4200

Autores

Yadu B. Tewari, Robert N. Goldberg,

Tópico(s)

Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions

Resumo

The thermodynamics of the equilibria between aqueous ribose, ribulose, and arabinose were investigated using high-pressure liquid chromatography and microcalorimetry. The reactions were carried out in aqueous phosphate buffer over the pH range 6.8–7.4 and over the temperature range 313.15–343.75 K using solubilized glucose isomerase with either Mg(NO3)2 or MgSO4 as cofactors. The equilibrium constants (K) and the standard state Gibbs energy (ΔG°) and enthalpy (ΔH°) changes at 298.15 K for the three equilibria investigated were found to be: ribose(aq) = ribulose(aq) K = 0.317, ΔG° = 2.85 ± 0.14 kJ mol−1, ΔH° = 11.0 ± 1.5 kJ mol−1; li] ribose(aq) = arabinose(aq) K = 4.00, ΔG° = − 3.44 ± 0.30 kJ mol−1, ΔH° = − 9.8 ± 3.0 kJ mol−1; ribulose (aq) = arabinose(aq) K = 12.6, ΔG° = − 6.29 ± 0.34 kJ mol−1, ΔH° = − 20.75 ± 3.4 kJ mol−1. Information on rates of the above reactions was also obtained. The temperature dependencies of the equilibrium constants are conveniently expressed as R ln K = − ΔG° 298.15/298.15 + ΔH°298.15[(1/298.15)-(1/T)] where R is the gas constant (8.31441 J mol−1K−) and T the thermodynamic temperature.

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