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Mauro Micheloni

Proton coordination by polyamine compounds in aqueous solution

Abstract The present article is concerned with proton transfer reactions in aqueous solution of open-chain, macrocyclic and macropolycyclic or cage compounds having nitrogen atoms as protonation sites in the molecular framework, although several compounds with additional different donors will be considered. The main purpose of this review is to collect some significant examples of proton transfer processes in order to show how the electronic properties and molecular topology of polyamines affect the thermodynamic parameters of their protonation equilibria.

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New molecular catalysts for ATP cleavage. Criteria of size complementarity

The interaction of the cyclophane receptor 2,5,8,11,14,17-hexaaza[18]metacyclophane (L) with the nucleotides ATP, ADP and AMP is described. L yields one of the largest rate enhancements for hydrolytic ATP cleavage observed in macrocyclic polyamines. The process is specific for the formation of ADP and involves a high degree of geometrical complementarity between host and guest species. The analogue compound 24-hydroxy-2,5,8,11,14,17-hexaaza[18]metacyclophane (L11) shows also a high degree of ATP activation. However, in this case deprotonation of the hydroxy group results in almost complete quenching of the ATPase activity above pH 7.0.

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Cation and Anion Coordination Chemistry of Palladium(II) with Polyazacycloalkanes. Thermodynamic and Structural Studies

The interaction of PdCI2 4 - with the macrocyclic ligands of the series [3k]aneNk has been studied both in solution and in the solid state. [18]aneN6 and [21]aneN7 form both mono- and binuclear Pd2+ complexes, whose stability constants have been determined in 0.5 mol dm-3 NaCI at 298.15 K. [21]aneN7 also forms, in solution, a trinuclear species in which an amino group deprotonates to bridge two Pd2+ ions, as observed in the solid state. The crystal structure of the complexes [Pd2([18]aneN6)Cl2][CIO4]2 and [Pd3[21]aneN7)CI3][CIO4]2 ⋅ H2O have been solved by single crystal X-ray analysis. C12H30N6CI4O8Pd2: monoclinic, space group C2/m, a = 10.876(2), b = 18.117(2), c = 7.043(2) A, s = 113.78(…

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ChemInform Abstract: Proton Coordination by Polyamine Compounds in Aqueous Solution

Abstract The present article is concerned with proton transfer reactions in aqueous solution of open-chain, macrocyclic and macropolycyclic or cage compounds having nitrogen atoms as protonation sites in the molecular framework, although several compounds with additional different donors will be considered. The main purpose of this review is to collect some significant examples of proton transfer processes in order to show how the electronic properties and molecular topology of polyamines affect the thermodynamic parameters of their protonation equilibria.

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