The rate constants associated with proton transfer at the amino group in several amino-acids has been determined in alkaline solutions using the ultrasonic relaxation method. It is found that the rate at which the hydroxide ion approaches the amino-acid is diffusion controlled and slightly sensitive to steric hindrance. Using the Debye/Smoluchowski/Eigen equations we have also calculated some of the rate constants.
D. Grimshaw, P. J. Heywood and E. Wyn-Jones, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 756 DOI: 10.1039/F29736900756
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