The lanthanum hydroxide gel promoted hydrolysis of phosphate esters

WW Butcher, FH Westheimer

Index: Butcher; Westheimer Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1955 , vol. 77, p. 2420,2423

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Citation Number: 206

Abstract

E. Bamann'discovered that the hydroxides of lanthanum, cerium, thorium, etc., promote the hydrolysis of a-glyceryl phosphate (equation 1) in the region from pH 7-10, and suggested that the reaction serves as a model2 for the metal-ion promoted alkaline phosphatases. The present research was undertaken to elucidate further this metal-ion promoted hydrolysis.