Binding of Ni2+ and Cu2+ ions to peptides with a Cys-His motif

Waglerin I is a 22 amino acid snake venom toxin. Its three fragments (GGKPDLRPCHP-NH2, PCHYIPRPKPR-NH2, PCHPPCHYIPR-NH2), due to the presence of two Cys and His residues, are potentially very attractive ligands for transition metal ions. The main aim of this work was to establish the impact of these two adjacent residues on Ni2+ ion binding, especially because this kind of motif is very common in nature, and the study of low molecular weight models could be helpful in understanding larger systems. In this work waglerin fragments and their N-protected analogues were studied with Ni2+ (and Cu2+ for peptides with disulfide bridges) ions using combined potentiometric and spectroscopic measurements (UV-Vis, CD, EPR and NMR). In all peptides, except PCHPPCHYIPR-NH2 with a disulfide bridge, the Cys-His motif was found to be crucial for the coordination of Ni2+ ions. In the case of the N-unprotected analogues, the N-terminal amino group participates in the coordination as well.     

Theoretical studies on the interaction of anionic collectors with Cu+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Pb2+ ions

 The influence of collector structure on interaction with metal cations was modelled by computational ab initio methods. The interaction energies were calculated between metal ions (Cu⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Pb²⁺) and selected collector anions: ethyl xanthate, ethyl trithiocarbonate, dithiobutyric acid, ethyl dithiocarbamate, diethyl dithiocarbamate, diethylphosphinecarbodithioic acid and diethoxyphosphinecar bodithioic acid. The strongest interaction was found with diethyl dithiocarbamate. The results give qualitative information on the effect of the collector structure on the initial adsorption steps on sulphide mineral flotation. Received: 25 September / Accepted: 11 October 2001 / Published online: 22 March 2002     

Synthesis and structure of chloronitroacetamide complexes with Cu2+ and Ni2+ ions

Conclusions Stable complexes of chloronitroacetamide with Cu²⁺ and Ni²⁺ ions were synthesized. The molecular structure of bis(chloronitroacetamidato) tetramminecopper(II) was determined by x-ray diffraction structural analysis.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 214–216, January, 1987.     

Complexes of liquid crystal o-hydroxyazo compounds with Cu2+ and Pd2+ ions

Liquid crystal o-hydroxyazo compounds were prepared and used to give complexes with Cu²⁺ and Pd²⁺ ions. The structures of these complexes were studied by ESR, IR, and UV spectroscopy. The relationship of the structures of these complexes and their mesogenic properties was examined.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2871–2874 December, 1991.     

Interaction of positronium with Co2+ and Cu2+ ions in aqueous solutions

Interactions of positronium in aqueous solutions of Co²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions have been investigated at room temperature (297 K) at varying concentrations using both lifetime and Doppler broadening of annihilation radiation techniques. In the case of Co²⁺, the results indicate spin conversion reaction alone. However, in the case of Cu²⁺, oxidation is predominant with a small contribution of spin conversion reaction. The corresponding rate constants have been evaluated.     

Effect of complexation of poly(acrylic acid) with Cu2+ ions on the size of copper nanoparticles prepared via reduction in aqueous solutions

Sols of zero-valence copper are prepared via the chemical reduction of Cu(II) ions by hydrazine borane in aqueous solutions of high-molecular-mass poly(acrylic acid), which forms stable complexes with copper ions at 20°C in a wide pH range. The study of the composition of coordination centers, the ligand surrounding of metal ions, and the character of distribution of copper ions over poly(acrylic acid) coils in a wide range of solution compositions and pH values shows that the size of copper nanoparticles in the sols can be controlled by varying the ratio between ligand groups (carboxylate anions in poly(acrylic acid)) and copper ions in the reaction system during the synthesis of sols. This effect can be accomplished either by variation in the initial composition of solution or change in pH (the degree of ionization of the initial poly(acrylic acid) in the presence of copper ions).     

硅胶表面铜离子印迹聚合物的制备和性能研究

以Cu2+为模板,1,4-二羟基蒽醌为单体,硅胶为载体,γ-(甲基丙烯酰氧)丙基三甲氧基硅烷(KH-570)为偶联剂,利用表面离子印迹技术制备了Cu2+印迹聚合物。采用紫外光谱法、傅里叶变换红外光谱法(FT-IR)、扫描电镜对Cu2+印迹聚合物进行结构和表面形貌表征,并用原子吸收光谱法考察了吸附时间、吸附酸度、吸附温度、吸附浓度等对聚合物吸附性能的影响,研究了印迹聚合物在混合溶液中对Cu2+的选择性,将该聚合物重复利用6次,吸附量达到第一次的82%,并将该印迹聚合物应用到河水和自来水中,能够有效地测出水中铜离子的浓度,回收率分别为95.5%和107.2%。     

脯氨酸与Cu、Cu~+和Cu~(2+)配位体系的计算研究

运用M06-2X和ωB97XD方法分别在6-311++G(2d,p)和TZVP基组水平上,对脯氨酸(Pro)的15种构象与Cu、Cu+和Cu2+形成的多种配合物的几何结构、能量学特征、振动光谱和电子结构等进行计算研究.四种水平得到20种[Pro-Cu]、16种[Pro-Cu]+和16种[Pro-Cu]2+稳定结构.[Pro-Cu]和[Pro-Cu]+体系中出现12种Pro构象,而[Pro-Cu]2+体系中出现11种Pro构象,三种体系中最稳定的结构都不是由能量最低的Pro构象生成的.在结构CI3、CI4、CII7和CII8中,Pro的羧基氢转移到亚氨基氮形成两性离子与Cu双配位结合.[Pro-Cu]0/1+/2+体系四种水平计算相对能差范围逐渐增加,结合能分别在-60.0--5.0 kJ·mol-1、-340.0--170.0 kJ·mol-1和-1100.0--860.0 kJ·mol-1范围,配位体系中Pro的变形能逐渐增加.N―H和O―H键伸缩振动频率普遍发生红移,配位体系中部分电荷从Pro转移到Cu上,在[Pro-Cu]2+体系中单配位结构中电荷转移最多,约为单位负电荷.     

Thermodynamics of the complexation between the Cu2+ Ion and L-aspartic acid in aqueous solution

The enthalpies of complexation between L-aspartic acid (H₂Asp) and the Cu²⁺ ion at 298.15 K and I = 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 (KNO₃) were determined from calorimetric data. The thermodynamic characteristics of the formation of the complexes CuAsp and CuAsp ₂ ^2? were calculated for fixed and zero ionic strengths.     

Complexation and thermodynamic studies of oxathiadibenzocrown ethers with Cu2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ ions

A thermodynamic study of the complexation of Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ ions with 1 and 2 in acetonitrile has been carried out. The study was conducted in the temperature range 283–308 K using a conductometric technique. The observed molar conductivity, Λ, was found to decrease significantly for mole ratios [L]_t/[M]_t less than unity in all cases. A model involving 1:1 stoichiometry has been used to analyze the conductivity data. The stability constant, K, for each 1:1 complex was determined from the conductivity data by using a nonlinear least-squares curve fitting procedure. The results show that compound 1 has no peak selectivity for any of the metal cations, while compound 2 selectively associates with Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺. Complexes of 1 have the following stability order Pb²⁺ > Cu²⁺ > Zn²⁺ > Cd²⁺  and Pb²⁺ > Cu²⁺ for the complexes of 2. The ?H° and ?S° values for the complexation process were obtained from the slope and intercept of the Van’t Hoff plots respectively. All ?G° values were negative and were determined from the Gibbs–Helmholtz equation and the significance of these values is discussed.     

Spectrophotometric and conductometric studies of the thermodynamics complexation of Zn2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions with 1,13-bis(8-quinolyl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxatridecane ligand in acetonitrile solution

The complexation reaction between 1,13-bis(8-quinolyl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxatridecane ligand (Kryptofix5) and Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions were studied conductometrically in acetonitrile solution. The formation constants of the resulting 1:1 complexes were calculated from the computer fitting of the molar conductance and absorbance measurements in various mole ratios. The enthalpy and entropy changes of the complexation reactions were derived from titration conductometry in acetonitrile at various temperatures. At 25 °C, the stability of the resulting complexes varied in the order Pb²⁺ > Zn²⁺ > Cu²⁺> Co²⁺> Ni²⁺.     

Effect of pH on complexation in mixed dilute aqueous solutions of poly(acrylic acid), poly(ethylene glycol), and Cu2+ ions

The phase states of mixed dilute solutions of PAA, PEG, and Cu²⁺ ions largely determines the mechanism governing the growth of metal nanoparticles during the subsequent reduction of copper ions. Mixtures with PAA: PEG > 1 base-mol/base-mol and PAA: Cu²⁺ ≥ 5 base-mol/mol are studied. It is shown that the simultaneous complexation of PAA with PEG and Cu²⁺ ions in these mixtures at pH values below the intrinsic pH of a solution is accompanied by phase separation related to insolubility of PAA-PEG interpolymer complexes. A decrease in the pH of the ternary mixture is caused by the release of a strong low-molecular-mass acid due to complexation with Cu²⁺ ions. The minimum pH value, above which the PAA-PEG-Cu²⁺ system becomes single-phase (a transparent solution), depends on the concentration ratio between PAA and PEG chains (the mean degree of polymerization). This value is either 6.8–7.0 (if all macromolecules are incorporated in the insoluble interpolymer complex with PEG) or 4.0 (if chains occur in excess). Methods of preparing single-phase systems in the pH range 4.0–7.0 via exchange reactions of the PAA-Cu²⁺ complex with PEG or the nonstoichiometric soluble interpolymer complex PAA-PEG are developed. Viscometry, electron microscopy, and dynamic light scattering are used to investigate the compositions and structures of soluble complexes, in which either each chain (if the chain is long) may be linked with both PEG and Cu²⁺ ions or PAA chains are redistributed between two complexes (at comparable lengths of PAA and PEG chains).     

Insights into the photophysics,protonation and Cu2+ ion coordination behaviour of anthracene-9,10-dione-based chemosensors

Carboxylic acid–diamine-based Cu²⁺ chromogenic sensors (3 and 4) exhibited colour switching from red to blue with good sensitivity and selectivity towards Cu²⁺ among other physiologically important alkali, alkaline earth and heavy metal ions. This colour-switching phenomenon arises due to selective deprotonation of aryl amine NH by Cu²⁺. Significantly, chemosensor 3 (λ_max 492 nm) shows multiple modes of complexation towards Cu²⁺. It is very much evident from the appearance of blue colour (λ_max 615 nm) at pH >7.0 and yellow colour (λ_max 465 nm) at pH < 4.0. In addition, chemosensor 3 exhibits a unique logic gate system that involves ‘INHIBIT’ and ‘TRANSFER’ logic gates.     

DFT study on the selective complexation of B12N12 nanocage with alkali metal ions

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were applied at the M05-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level of the theory to investigate the interaction of the B₁₂N₁₂ nanocage (BN) and alkali metal ions (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺) in the gas phase and in water. On the basis of the results, BN nanocage is able to form a selective complex with Li⁺. Water, as a solvent, reduces the stability of the metal ion-BN complexes in comparison with the gas phase. Natural bond orbital (NBO) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses, reveal that the electrostatic interaction between the BN and metal ions can be considered as the driving force for complex formation in which the role of water is of significance. Density of states (DOSs) analysis of the BN nanocage structure in the presence of different metal ions showed a noticeable change in the frontier orbitals, especially in the gas phase, and Fermi level shifting toward the lower values.     

Experimental and DFT study on the complexation of Ba2+ with beauvericin

From extraction experiments and γ-activity measurements, the exchange extraction constant corresponding to the equilibrium Ba²⁺(aq) + 1·Sr²⁺(nb) ?1·Ba²⁺(nb) + Sr²⁺(aq) taking place in the two-phase water–nitrobenzene system (1 = beauvericin; aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) was evaluated as log K _ex (Ba²⁺, 1·Sr²⁺) = 1.2 ± 0.1. Further, the stability constant of the beauvericin–barium complex (abbrev. 1·Ba²⁺) in nitrobenzene saturated with water was calculated for a temperature of 25 °C: log β _nb (1·Ba²⁺) = 9.5 ± 0.2. Finally, by using quantum mechanical DFT calculations, the most probable structure of the 1·Ba²⁺ complex species was predicted.