Transfer Interactions

The first studies on the complexing ability of tryptophan were those with flavins. The apparent association constants are of the order 20-60 Freezing these complexes produces a very marked inten- 

A series of studies has been carried out on the interaction of tryptophan with chloranil (tetrachlorobenzoquinone). This molecule was chosen as a model for the biological quinones. An absorption band at ca. 350 nm is apparent in the complex also a shift of the carbonyl band from 1690 cm to 1633 cm is evident. The latter is unequivocal evidence that tryptophan forms 1 1 charge-transfer complex with chloranil. Moreover tryptophan normally regarded as a good Ji-electron donor also behaves as a -donor in complexing with chloranil. 

Coloured compounds are formed when phthalyl-tryptophan is incorporated into the same molecules as phenylalanine, the colour being ascribed to an intramolecular charge transfer complex. Optically active molecules have CD bands associated with the charge transfer bands. Using the area under the bands as a measure of complexing, association constants have been evaluated which agree with those obtained from absorption changes. 

The interaction of tryptophan with various pteridines has been examined. Solutions at pH 7 show slight colour due to absorption in the region near 420 nm. Freezing such solutions produces intensification of the colour, a good test of weak complexing. A tryptophan-containing protein, bovine serum albumin, complexes in a similar manner. 

The crystal structure of the red picric acid salt of D,L-tryptophan-methanol was determined by X-ray diffraction methods 141). The indole and picrate planes are stacked, with interplanar spacing of 3.3-3.5 A. The stacked pairs are relatively isolated and without k-k interactions between adjacent pairs. The stacking interactions appears to be of the donor-acceptor (charge-transfer) type. The vibrational spectrum of tryptophan picrate contains a strong band at 1740 cm which is not observed in the spectra of either of the components, and is attributed to the C = 0 stretching vibration (250). 

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NMR signals of the amino acid ligand that are induced by the ring current of the diamine ligand" ". From the temperature dependence of the stability constants of a number of ternary palladium complexes involving dipeptides and aromatic amines, the arene - arene interaction enthalpies and entropies have been determined" ". It turned out that the interaction is generally enthalpy-driven and counteracted by entropy. Yamauchi et al. hold a charge transfer interaction responsible for this effect. 

TT-stacking and charge-transfer interaction between aromatic residues in the receptor and delocalized regions of the substrate van der Waals attraction between hydrophobic regions on the two components... 

If a catalyst is tested for commercial use, it is also important to know under production conditions how much rates are influenced by various transfer processes. Recycle reactors can execute all these tests and give information on transfer influences. In advanced research projects it is enough to know the transfer interaction during the study so that physical processes are not misinterpreted as chemical phenomena. 

These results indicate that a complete electron transfer is brought about from the charge-transfer interaction and can be summarized [62] as follows ... 

Recently, the quaternized poly-4-vinylpyridine, 50-54 (QPVP) was found to be an electron acceptor in the charge-transfer interactions 104 Ishiwatari et al.105) studied alkaline hydrolyses of p-nitrophenyl-3-indoleacetate 58 (p-NPIA) and N-(indole-3-acryloyl) imidazole 59 (IAI) (electron donor) in the presence of QPVP. The fcobs vs. polyelectrolyte concentration plots are shown in Fig. 12. As is seen in... 

Hayama et al.132 discussed the catalytic effects of silver ion-polyacrylic add systems toward the hydrolyses of 2,4-dinitrophenylvinylacetate 84 (DNPVA) by using the weak nudeophilicity of carboxylic groups and the change-transfer interactions between olefinie esters and silver ions133Metal complexes of basic polyelectrolytes are also stimulating as esterase models. Hatano etal. 34, 13S) reported that some copper(II)-poly-L-lysine complexes were active for the hydrolyses of amino acid esters, such as D- and L-phenylalanine methyl ester 85 (PAM). They... 

The radical anions of dialkyl sulfoxides (or sulfones) may be obtained by direct capture of electron during y-irradiation. It was shown that electron capture by several electron acceptors in the solid state gave anion adducts 27. It was concluded276 that these species are not properly described as radical anions but are genuine radicals which, formed in a solid state cavity, are unable to leave the site of the anions and exhibit a weak charge-transfer interaction which does not modify their conformation or reactivity appreciably, but only their ESR spectra. For hexadeuteriodimethyl sulfoxide in the solid state, electron capture gave this kind of adduct 278,28 (2H isotopic coupling 2.97 G is less than 3.58 G normally found for -CD3). 

The generally observed endo preference has been justified by secondary orbital interactions, [17e, 42,43] by inductive or charge-transfer interactions [44] and by the geometrical overlap relationship of the n orbitals at the primary centers [45]. 

Fig. 10. An alternative view of the Fepr molecule showing that cluster 1, a [4Fe-4S] cubane cluster, is located toward the outside of the molecule and therefore in a position to participate in one-electron transfer interactions with other appropriate molecules.

More realistic treatment of the electrostatic interactions of the solvent can be made. The dipolar hard-sphere model is a simple representation of the polar nature of the solvent and has been adopted in studies of bulk electrolyte and electrolyte interfaces [35-39], Recently, it was found that this model gives rise to phase behavior that does not exist in experiments [40,41] and that the Stockmeyer potential [41,42] with soft cores should be better to avoid artifacts. Representation of higher-order multipoles are given in several popular models of water, namely, the simple point charge (SPC) model [43] and its extension (SPC/E) [44], the transferable interaction potential (T1PS)[45], and other central force models [46-48], Models have also been proposed to treat the polarizability of water [49],... 

C20-0102. Blue copper proteins are blue when they contain Cu but colorless as Cu compounds. The color comes from an interaction in which a photon causes an electron to transfer from a sulfur lone pair on a cysteine iigand to the copper center. Why does this charge transfer interaction occur for Cu but not Cu+ ... 

More recently, Kim et al. synthesized dendritic [n] pseudorotaxane based on the stable charge-transfer complex formation inside cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8j) (Fig. 17) [59]. Reaction of triply branched molecule 47 containing an electron deficient bipyridinium unit on each branch, and three equiv of CB[8] forms branched [4] pseudorotaxane 48 which has been characterized by NMR and ESI mass spectrometry. Addition of three equivalents of electron-rich dihydrox-ynaphthalene 49 produces branched [4]rotaxane 50, which is stabilized by charge-transfer interactions between the bipyridinium unit and dihydroxy-naphthalene inside CB[8]. No dethreading of CB[8] is observed in solution. Reaction of [4] pseudorotaxane 48 with three equiv of triply branched molecule 51 having an electron donor unit on one arm and CB[6] threaded on a diaminobutane unit on each of two remaining arms produced dendritic [ 10] pseudorotaxane 52 which may be considered to be a second generation dendritic pseudorotaxane. 

Robel, I., Bunker, B. A. and Kamat, P. V. (2005) Single-walled carbon nanotube-CdS nanocomposites as light-harvesting assemblies Photoinduced charge-transfer interactions. Adv. Mater., 17, 2458-22463. 

In the Born equation, the ion solvent interaction energy is determined only by one physical parameter of the solvent, i.e., the dielectric constant. However, since actual ion-solvent interactions include specific interactions such as the charge-transfer interaction or hydrogen bonds, it is natural to think that the Born equation should be insufficient. It is well known that the difference in the behavior of an ion in different solvents is not often elucidated in terms of the dielectric constant. 

The range of structural alternatives explored by valency-deficient carbon species and the subtle interplay of substituents is remarkable. Scheme 7.6 (ORTEP adapted from reference 31) illustrates an example of an X-ray structure clearly describing a localized [C-H C+] carbenium ion (A) where a symmetric bridging structure [C-H-C] + (B) could have been assumed. In this case it is proposed that a charge-transfer interaction between the resonance delocalized cation and the adjacent electron-rich carbazol moiety may be responsible for the stabilization of the localized form over the three-center, two-electron (3c-2e) bridging structure. 

An HSAB analysis of singlet carbene reactivity based on B3LYP/6-31G computations has calculated the extent of charge transfer for substituted alkenes,122 and the results are summarized in Figure 10.3 The trends are as anticipated for changes in structure of both the carbene and alkene. The charge transfer interactions are consistent with HOMO-LUMO interactions between the carbene and alkene. Similarly, a correlation was found for the global electrophilicity parameter, co, and the ANmax parameters (see Topic 1.5, Part A for definition of these DFT-based parameters).123... 

A tentative schema based on these findings is projected for a sequence of OBP and ligand transfer-interactions, from urinary deposit to VN lumen the series of intermediate steps in Z.7-(12)Ac transfer is summarised as follows ... 

As described most elegantly elsewhere in this volume, the halogen bond is an intermolecular, charge-transfer interaction between a Lewis base and an electron-deficient halogen. Other chapters that accompany this chart its use in, for example, supramolecular chemistry, molecular conductors and coordination chemistry. In this chapter, a much more recent application of halogen bonding is described, namely in the realisation of liquid-crystalline materials. 

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