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Title: /sup 17/O and /sup 14/N NMR studies of complexes of paramagnetic ions with amino acids and peptides in solution

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5806452

The complexation of L-proline, glycine and L-alanine with Co/sup 2 +/ Cu/sup 2 +/ and Mn/sup 2 +/ in aqueous solution was investigated via /sup 17/O and /sup 14/N NMR. For a multiparameter least-squares fit of the paramagnetic transverse relaxation rate, 1/T/sub 2p/, the stability constants of the major monodentate and bidentate complexes were determined, some of them for the first time in this work. In addition, the /sup 17/O hyperfine coupling constant, the lifetime, enthalpy and entropy of activation for first-order ligand exchange as well as the relaxation mechanisms of the /sup 17/O nucleus in the coordination center for some complexes were also determined. The spectra of some complexes of Co/sup 2 +/ were also observed. The effect of mixed ligands on the lifetime, /sup 17/O hyperfine coupling constant, and thermodynamic parameters characterizing the first-order exchange of the bound water were also determined. With respect to the parameters of a pure aqueous complex of Co/sup 2 +/, replacement of some water molecules in the coordination center by the amino acids led to a drastic reduction of the lifetime of the remaining bound water and smaller reductions of the remaining parameters. Finally, selectively enriched sites of the dipentides, cyclo(Gly/sup */Pro), cyclo(Ala-Ala), cyclo(Pro-Pro), Boc-Ala-AlaOMeO, and Boc-Gly/sup */-ProOBz were found to bind to Co/sup 2 +/ through the peptide oxygen, offering direct evidence to this effect, proving /sup 17/O NMR to be a unique probe for studies of this nature.

Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Chicago (USA)
OSTI ID:
5806452
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English