TERNARY COMPLEXES IN SOLUTION .35. INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROPHOBIC LIGAND LIGAND INTERACTIONS IN MIXED-LIGAND COMPLEXES CONTAINING AN ALIPHATIC AMINO-ACID
TERNARY COMPLEXES IN SOLUTION .35. INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROPHOBIC LIGAND LIGAND INTERACTIONS IN MIXED-LIGAND COMPLEXES CONTAINING AN ALIPHATIC AMINO-ACID
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00529a021
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SIGEL, H
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作者:
FISCHER, BE;SIGEL, H
Mixed ligand complexes of the type M(Ar)(Aa)+, where M2+ = Cu2+ or Zn2+, Ar = 2,2''-bipyridyl (bpy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), and Aa- = alaninate, 2-aminopropionate (.alpha.-aminobutyrate), norvalinate, norleucinate, valinate, leucinate (leu), or isoleucinate, were studied by potentiometric pH titrations and 1H NMR. The potentiometric measurements reveal a slightly higher formation tendency, expressed as .DELTA. log Km = log .**GRAPHIC**. - log .**GRAPHIC**. for the systems with leucinate as amino acid compared to those with alaninate. This increase in stability is attributed to an intramolecular hydrophobic ligand-ligand interaction between the aromatic ring system of bpy or phen and the isopropyl group of leucine. The position of the intramolecular isomeric equilibrium between an open and closed form, in which the hydrophobic interaction occurs, was estimated; e.g., the ternary Zn(phen)(leu)+ complex exists about 26% in the folded, i.e., closed form. 1H NMR shift measurements of the mentioned systems in the absence and presence of Zn2+ confirmed that such hydrophobic ligand-ligand interactions exist and that they are promoted by the formation of a metal-ion bridge between the 2 reactants. The longer the side chain of the aliphatic amino acid, the larger is the upfield shift of the terminal methyl group(s), resulting from the interaction with the aromatic moiety within the ternary complex. These results prompted a literature search and it became evident that, e.g., M(phenylalaninate) (tyrosinate) or M(phenylalaninate) (norvalinate) have an enhanced stability, compared with M(phe)(ala) or M(phe)(gly), and this is now attributed to intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking and hydrophobic ligand-ligand interactions. For these and other systems (in total about 40) the percentages of the closed isomer were calculated; they cover the whole range till up to about 90%. The .DELTA.G.degree. values calculated from the equilibrium constants agree well with the theoretical predictions for such interactions. Possible biological implications are briefly discussed.