Publications in collaboration with researchers from University at Buffalo, State University of New York (14)

2011

  1. Substituent effects on electrophilic catalysis by the carbonyl group: Anatomy of the rate acceleration for PLP-catalyzed deprotonation of glycine

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 133, Núm. 9, pp. 3173-3183

  2. The PLP cofactor: Lessons from studies on model reactions

    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, Vol. 1814, Núm. 11, pp. 1419-1425

2009

  1. Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate: electrophilic catalyst extraordinaire

    Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Vol. 13, Núm. 4, pp. 475-483

  2. Substituent effects on the thermodynamic stability of imines formed from glycine and aromatic aldehydes: Implications for the catalytic activity of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 131, Núm. 43, pp. 15815-15824

2008

  1. Glycine enolates: The effect of formation of iminium ions to simple ketones on α-amino carbon acidity and a comparison with pyridoxal iminium ions

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, Núm. 6, pp. 2041-2050

2005

  1. Carbon acidity of the a-pyridinium carbon of a pyridoxamine analog

    Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Vol. 3, Núm. 11, pp. 2145-2149

  2. Formation and stability of organic zwitterions - The carbon acid pK as of the trimethylsulfonium and tetramethylphosphonium cations in water

    Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 83, Núm. 9, pp. 1536-1542

2004

  1. A Comparison of the Electrophilic Reactivities of Zn2+ and Acetic Acid as Catalysts of Enolization: Imperatives for Enzymatic Catalysis of Proton Transfer at Carbon

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 126, Núm. 16, pp. 5164-5173

2002

  1. Formation and stability of peptide enolates in aqueous solution

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 124, Núm. 28, pp. 8251-8259

2001

  1. Glycine enolates: The large effect of iminium ion formation on α-amino carbon acidity

    Journal of the American Chemical Society

2000

  1. Formation and stability of organic zwitterions in aqueous solution: Enolates of the amino acid glycine and its derivatives

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 122, Núm. 39, pp. 9373-9385

  2. Structure-reactivity relationships and intrinsic reaction barriers for nucleophile additions to a quinone methide: A strongly resonance-stabilized carbocation

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 122, Núm. 8, pp. 1664-1674

1998

  1. Imperatives for enzymatic catalysis of isomerization of sugars and sugar phosphates

    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, Vol. 11, Núm. 8-9, pp. 512-518

1997

  1. Biological enolates: Generation and stability of the enolate of N-protonated glycine methyl ester in water

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 119, Núm. 35, pp. 8375-8376