Nonenzymic model of the dioldehydratase reaction. Initiation of conversion of ethylene glycol into acetaldehyde on anaerobic photolysis of organocobalamins in the presence of SH-compounds
Abstract
Anaerobic photolysis of adenosyl- and methyl-cobalamins in an aqueous KCl–HCl buffer (pH 2·0) in the presence of SH-compounds (e.g. dihydrolipoic acid amide) causes conversion of ethylene glycol into acetaldehyde, and provides a model for the dioldehydratase enzymic reaction.