On the surface-catalyzed reaction between the gases 2,2-dimethylpropanal and methanamine. formation of active-site imines.
The reaction that occurs when vapors of 2,2-dimethylpropanal and methanamine are allowed to mix in an infrared gas cell has been examined. The disappearance of starting materials and formation of E-imine product, monitored simultaneously, is best fit by a process involving wall-associated water. The same or closely related processes have been successfully modeled; such processes may also be common to pyridoxal-catalyzed transamination and related reactions in biological systems.
Mascavage
Linda M
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Department of Chemistry, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania 19038, USA.
Sonnet
Philip E
PE
Dalton
David R
DR