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Phosphate ester hydrolysis: the final hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by pyruvic kinase stabilizes the molecule and forms the acid, a phosphate ion and ATP. At the conclusion of the pay off stage ...
Figure 1. Hydrolysis of an ester consists of water adding to the ester bond and displacing an alcohol (R-OH), forming a carboxylic acid. The red boxes show the original water molecule. The blue hatch ...
A challenge for chemists is trying to selectivity react one of two identical functional groups on the same molecule. For example, a diester with a long carbon chain in between the two ester groups ...