ISSN:
0947-6539
Keywords:
adenine
;
isomerizations
;
NMR spectroscopy
;
nucleotides
;
stability constants
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The stability constants of the 1:1 complexes formed between Cu2+ and the anions of the N 1, N 3, and N 7 deaza derivatives of 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)-ethyl]adenine (PA2-), Cu(H;PA)+ and Cu(PA), were determined by potentiometric pH titration in aqueous solution (25 °C; I = 0.1 M, NaNO3) and compared with previous results for 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine (PMEA2-) and (phosphonomethoxy)ethane (PME2-). A microconstant scheme reveals that in Cu(H;PA)+ Cu2+ is coordinated to the nucleobase, H+ being at the phosphonate group, in about 90% of the Cu(H;PMEA)+ and Cu(H;1-deaza-PMEA)+ species, but only in about 37% and 12% of the corresponding complexes with H(3-deaza-PMEA)- and H(7-deaza-PMEA)-, respectively. Straight-line plots of log KCuCu(R-PO3) versus pKHH(R-PO3) for simple phosph(on)ate ligands show that all the Cu(PA) complexes, including those with PMEA2- and PME2-, are more stable than expected simply from the basicity of the -PO2- group; to some extent five-membered chelates (Cu(PA)cl/O) involving the ether oxygen of the -CH2-O-CH2-PO2-3 chain are formed, and in all complexes an additional nucleobase-metal-ion interaction occurs. Based on 1H NMR line-broadening measurements and structural considerations it is concluded that in Cu(3-deaza-PMEA) the interaction occurs with N7 whereas in Cu(7-deaza-PMEA), Cu(1-deaza-PMEA), and Cu(PMEA) it occurs with N3. The proof of a metal ion-N3 interaction is important (and also of relevance regarding DNA) because so far this interaction has received little attention. In all Cu(PA) systems three major isomeric species are in equilibrium; for example, 17(∓3)% of Cu(PMEA) exists as an isomer with a sole Cu2+-phosphonate coordination, 34(∓10)% as Cu(PMEA)cl/O, and in 49(∓10)% the Cu2+ is bound to the phosphonate group, the ether O, and N3. In contrast, 54(∓8)% of Cu(5′-AMP) occurs as an isomer with sole Cu2+-phosphate coordination and 46(∓8)% as a macrochelate involving N7 too.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.19970030922