Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the solution chemistry of metal complexes. 26. Mixed ligand complexes of cadmium, nitrilotriacetic acid, glutathione, and related ligands

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Abstract

The complexation of glutathione and related ligands by the nitrilotriacetic acid complex of Cd2+ (Cd(NTA)) has been investigated by 1H NMR as a model for the coordination chemistry of Cd2+ and GSH in biological systems. Related ligands included glycine, glutamic acid, cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, penicillamine, N-acetylpenicillamine, mercaptosuccinic acid, and the S-methyl derivative of glutathione. The nature of the complexes formed was deduced from 1H NMR spectra of Cd(NTA) and the ligands. Mixed ligand complexes (Cd(NTA)L) and single ligand complexes (CdLx) are formed with the thiol ligands, whereas only mixed ligand complexes form with glycine, glutamic acid and S-methyglutathione. Formation constants of the mixed and the single ligand complexes were determined from NMR data. The results indicate that formation constants for binding of a thiolate donor group by Cd2+, either as the free ion or in a coordinatively unsaturated complex, are in the range 105–106.

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