Supramolecular catalysis: substrate phosphorylations and adenosine triphosphate synthesis with acetylphosphate catalysed by a macrocycle polyamine

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Abstract
In aqueous dimethyl sulphoxide solution, the macrocyclic polyamine receptor (1) catalyses the phosphorylation by acetylphosphate of phosphate containing substrates R–OP to pyrophosphates R–OPP, via the phosphoramidate intermediate (2), that acts as a molecular phosphorylating agent, converting for instance ADP into ATP.