THE APPLICATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS TO CERTAIN CASES OF HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS. I

Allen E. Stearn

From the Division of Physical Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia

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Allen E. Stearn

From the Division of Physical Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia

Accepted: April 21 1934

Online Issn: 1540-7748

Print Issn: 0022-1295

1934

1. The activation energy for the hydrolytic breaking of a peptid linkage has been calculated from quantum mechanical considerations.

2. The relative catalytic effects of H⁺ and OH^- and the mechanism of these effects have been calculated and discussed.

3. These effects are both qualitatively and semiquantitatively in agreement with experiment.

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1934