Ligands, coordinated acidity constants

In aqueous solutions at pH 7, there is little evidence of complex formation between [MesSnflV)] and Gly. Potentiometric determination of the formation constants for L-Cys, DL-Ala, and L-His with the same cation indicates that L-Cys binds more strongly than other two amino acids (pKi ca. 10,6, or 5, respectively). Equilibrium and spectroscopic studies on L-Cys and its derivatives (S-methyl-cystein (S-Me-Cys), N-Ac-Cys) and the [Et2Sn(IV)] system showed that these ligands coordinate the metal ion via carboxylic O and the thiolic 5 donor atoms in acidic media. In the case of S-Me-Cys, the formation of a protonated complex MLH was also detected, due to the stabilizing effect of additional thioether coordination. ... 

The observed hyperbolic dependences suggest a mechanism that involves a pre-equilibrium binding of two pyridine carboxylates to the Fem of lm, followed by the intramolecular proton transfer from the coordinated acid (Scheme 3). This option has been supported by measurements of the binding constants for py and related ligands. The data in Fig. 8 agree with the mechanism in Scheme 3. The reactive intermediate for robust lm is the diaxially coordinated species, one of the two ligands being picolinic acid (L). 

Hence, the Pi ligand parameter reflects, in an overall way, the combined a- and Tt -electronic properties of the coordination M—L bond. It is noteworthy to mention that it relates to the variation of the free-energy difference of the redox processes (consider the known expression AG = —nFE, in which n is the number of electrons transferred and F is the Faraday constant). It has analogies with the Hammett Up constant [11, 12] defined as og[Kx/Kh), that is, log Kx - log K, in which Kx and ATh are the acidic constants of the p-substituted benzoic acid HOOCCg H4X-4 and of benzoic acid itself, respectively [13] (consider also the known relationship AG = —RT nK). 

Studies of Ni(ii) complexes with the potentially 8-donor ligand diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) over a wide pH range have shown (144) that only some of the carboxylic groups coordinate to the nickel ion. Deuteration studies have enabled the rate constants for the exchange between coordinated and uncoordinated carboxylic groups to be evaluated. 

The effect of Pt coordination on the acid-base properties of the purine ligands / -ethylguanine, N -methylhypoxanthine, inosine, Af -methyladenine, and trimethyladenine has been quantitatively evaluated The acidity constants of the complexes were calculated by curve-fitting procedures, using the pH (pD) dependence of the H NMR shift data. It was found that Pt coordinated to the N -site acidifies the N-7 unit to the same extent as N -coordinated Pt acidifies the N-1 site. 

There are a few documented examples of studies of ligand effects on hydrolysis reactions. Angelici et al." investigated the effect of a number of multidentate ligands on the copper(II) ion-catalysed hydrolysis of coordinated amino acid esters. The equilibrium constant for binding of the ester and the rate constant for the hydrolysis of the resulting complex both decrease in the presence of ligands. Similar conclusions have been reached by Hay and Morris, who studied the effect of ethylenediamine... 

The effects of these ligands on the second-order rate constants for the Cu (ligand) catalysed reaction of Ic with 2 are modest In contrast, the effects on IC2 are more pronounced. The aliphatic Oramino acids induce an approximately two-fold reduction of Iv relative to for the Cu" aquo ion. For the square planar coordinated copper ions this effect is expected on the basis of statistics. The bidentate ligands block half the sites on the copper centre. 

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