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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Reaction scheme and haptens used in this study. The retro-Diels-Alder reaction of pro-drug 1a (k[un] = 9.8 10^ 6 s 1 conditions: 31°C in PBS pH 7.4, 10% vol/vol dimethylformamide) releases nitroxyl and anthracene 2a. The reaction is catalyzed by antibodies 9D9 (anti-3), 10F11 (anti-5), and 27C5 (anti-3,4). The reaction with the regioisomeric substrate 1b (k[un] = 7.1 10^ 6 s 1) is also catalyzed weakly by the antibodies. The unreactive substrate analog 6 and product analogue 2b were used for crystallization. Substrate analogue 1c and product analog 2c and transition state model 7 were used for docking studies.