Table 2.
Observed kinetic data for the aqueous aminolysis and hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl ester 7 (R = pNP)a and m-nitrophenyl ester 7 (R = mNP)b in the presence of 0.05 M D-glucosamine at 25 °C (n.d. = not determined).
| pH | kaminol (min−1)a | kaminol (min−1)b |
| 10.17 | 2.14 | n.d. |
| 9.81 | 2.19 | n.d. |
| 9.44 | 0.89 | 0.57 |
| 9.06 | 0.49 | 0.27 |
| 8.44 | 0.37 | 0.17 |
| 8.00 | 0.20 | 0.16 |
| 7.50 | 0.13 | 9.8 × 10−2 |
| 7.10 | 7.7 × 10−2 | 7.1 × 10−2 |
| 6.60 | 2.2 × 10−2 | 1.8 × 10−2 |
| 6.20 | 8.1 × 10−3 | n.d. |
| 5.88 | 3.7 × 10−3 | n.d. |
| 5.20 | 2.3 × 10−3 | n.d. |
| 4.88 | 2.1 × 10−3 | n.d. |