Hey, everyone. So in this video, let's talk about the hydrolysis of nucleosides. Now we're going to say that nucleosides are not easily hydrolyzed. However, given a strong enough acid and time, it's possible. Now, when we do the hydrolysis of a nucleoside, we produce as a result of this our sugar, our free sugar, and a base, our nitrogenous base. Now, here when we're looking at the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis mechanism, it can be broken down into 4 steps. Step 1 deals with a proton transfer. Step 2, we have the loss of our leaving group. Step 3, we have our nucleophilic attack. And then finally, step 4, we have yet another proton transfer. So, just remember these individual steps help to make the overall mechanism for the acidic hydrolysis of our nucleoside. And now that we've talked about it, click on the next video and let's take a look at an example question.
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Hydrolysis of Nucleosides - Online Tutor, Practice Problems & Exam Prep
The hydrolysis of nucleosides, though not easily achieved, can occur under strong acidic conditions over time, yielding a free sugar and a nitrogenous base. The mechanism involves four key steps: proton transfer, loss of the leaving group, nucleophilic attack, and another proton transfer. Understanding these steps is crucial for grasping the overall process of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis, which is significant in biochemical reactions involving nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Hydrolysis of Nucleosides Concept 1
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Hydrolysis of Nucleosides Example 1
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Hey everyone. So in this example question, it says, provide the mechanism for the acid catalyzed hydrolysis of Caedidine. Step 1, we're going to use the hydronium ion, and we're going to use it to protonate the carbonyl oxygen. Here is our carbonyl oxygen. We're going to introduce our hydronium ion, which is H3O+. It's water mixed with acid here that we would do this. The HCl here is just helping provide an acidic enough environment that we can protonate the water. As a result, we create H3O+. So we're going to protonate this carbon and oxygen. Doing that gives us this structure initially. We still have this CH2OH portion here. We have our two OH groups. We have our nitrogenous base. And the nitrogenous base has its lone pair. Here goes our oxygen now, which is positively charged because it gained that H+.
Now, moving to step 2, we create a double bond between the anomeric carbon and the anomeric oxygen to expel the base. Remember, our anomeric oxygen is this oxygen right here, and the anomeric carbon is this carbon here. They're going to form a double bond with each other. Carbon can only make four bonds at one time, so that's going to expel this entire base here. Now we have this temporary structure. Here's our double bond between the anomeric carbon and the anomeric oxygen. We still have our two OH groups. We have our CH2OH group, plus our expelled base. The H from the bond now belongs to it. Here is our free sugar and our base.
For our nucleophilic attack, we're going to use water as a nucleophile to attack the anomeric carbon. Water is going to come in and hit this anomeric carbon, kicking this bond back to the oxygen. We still have our base just sitting there. Now, at this point, here's our sugar. We have our OH groups. We have our CH2OH. And now we have our oxygen, which is attached. This water, which detaches, can attach from the top or bottom, so either stereochemistry of a wedge or dash bond is possible. To show this, we show this squiggly line. Now, oxygen is making three bonds, so it's positively charged. And we still have this base here in its same form.
Now we use another water to deprotonate our positively charged oxygen. We can't just leave it like this; we can't have a charge on our final product. A second water molecule comes in. It's going to deprotonate, so it's going to remove this H. Oxygen holds on to the electrons. Here is our sugar again. The OH groups are still present. We have our CH2OH. Again, we don't know the stereochemistry of this OH group. It could align itself top or bottom and give us alpha or beta of the sugar. We're just showing the squiggly line to show both are possible. Here is our nitrogenous base. Technically, this nitrogenous base could be in this form, its enol form, or it could be in its keto form, where you have the nitrogens here. N and N. So we're showing the tautomers of this particular base. Either one is a possibility. But here we have our free sugar, and we have our base that has been formed. And here I've shown both tautomers of that particular base.
This will represent the acid catalyzed mechanism when it comes to breaking down this nucleoside yet again into its free sugar and its base.
Propose a mechanism for acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of adenosine.
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What is the mechanism of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of nucleosides?
The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of nucleosides involves four key steps:
1. Proton Transfer: The nucleoside's glycosidic bond is protonated by the acid, making it more susceptible to cleavage.
2. Loss of Leaving Group: The protonated glycosidic bond breaks, releasing the nitrogenous base and forming a carbocation intermediate.
3. Nucleophilic Attack: Water acts as a nucleophile and attacks the carbocation, leading to the formation of a protonated sugar.
4. Proton Transfer: The protonated sugar loses a proton, resulting in the formation of a free sugar and completing the hydrolysis process.
This mechanism is crucial for understanding biochemical reactions involving nucleotides and nucleic acids.
What are the products of nucleoside hydrolysis?
The hydrolysis of nucleosides under strong acidic conditions yields two main products: a free sugar and a nitrogenous base. The free sugar is typically a ribose or deoxyribose, depending on whether the nucleoside is a ribonucleoside or a deoxyribonucleoside. The nitrogenous base can be one of the four bases found in nucleic acids: adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine (uracil in RNA). Understanding these products is essential for studying the biochemical pathways involving nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Why are nucleosides not easily hydrolyzed?
Nucleosides are not easily hydrolyzed because the glycosidic bond between the sugar and the nitrogenous base is relatively stable under normal conditions. This bond requires strong acidic conditions and sufficient time to break. The stability of the glycosidic bond is crucial for the integrity of nucleic acids, ensuring that genetic information is preserved and not easily degraded. However, under strong acidic conditions, the bond can be protonated, making it more susceptible to cleavage and allowing hydrolysis to occur.
What role does proton transfer play in the hydrolysis of nucleosides?
Proton transfer plays a critical role in the hydrolysis of nucleosides. It occurs in two key steps of the mechanism:
1. Initial Protonation: The glycosidic bond is protonated by the acid, making it more susceptible to cleavage.
2. Final Deprotonation: After the nucleophilic attack by water, the protonated sugar loses a proton, resulting in the formation of a free sugar.
These proton transfer steps are essential for facilitating the cleavage of the glycosidic bond and completing the hydrolysis process.
How does the hydrolysis of nucleosides differ from the hydrolysis of nucleotides?
The hydrolysis of nucleosides and nucleotides involves different processes and products:
Nucleosides: Hydrolysis of nucleosides under strong acidic conditions yields a free sugar and a nitrogenous base. The mechanism involves proton transfer, loss of the leaving group, nucleophilic attack, and another proton transfer.
Nucleotides: Hydrolysis of nucleotides involves breaking the phosphodiester bond, resulting in the release of a phosphate group and a nucleoside. This process can occur under both acidic and basic conditions and is crucial for various biochemical pathways, including DNA and RNA degradation.
Understanding these differences is important for studying the biochemical roles of nucleosides and nucleotides.