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Matteo Tegoni1, Francesco Dallavalle, Barbara Belosi
1Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 17A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Abstract:
The equilibria of copper(II) with (S)-glutamic-gamma-hydroxamic acid (H2L) were investigated in aqueous solution by different techniques: glass electrode potentiometry; calorimetry; VIS and CD spectrophotometry; and ES-MS. An unexpected pentacopper(II) 12-metallacrown-4 [Cu5L4H(-4)](2-) was detected, analogous to those well known formed by alpha- and beta-aminohydroxamic acids, but of lower stability. Another five species were found: [CuLH]+; [CuL2H2]; [Cu2L2]; [CuL2H]-; and [CuL2]2-. Their structures are proposed based on both spectroscopic and calorimetric data.
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