LC-MS/MS and density functional theory study of copper(II) and nickel(II) chelating complexes of elesclomol (a novel
Lianming Wu1, Leon Zhou, David Q Liu
1Analytical Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA. lianming.2.wu@gsk.com
Abstract:
Elesclomol (N-malonyl-bis(N'-methyl-N'-thiobenzoylhydrazide)), which is a novel anticancer agent, can form chelating complexes with Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) in the gas phase during electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry. In the solution phase with acidic medium during chromatographic separation, however, only Cu(II) and Ni(II) to a lesser degree favor the formation of chelating complexes with elesclomol. The Cu(II)-chelating complex [Cu(II)+elesclomol-H]+· exhibits more complicated MS/MS fragmentation pathways than the Ni(II)-chelating complex [Ni(II)+elesclomol-H]+. One significant difference is the ready occurrence of the electron transfer upon collision-induced dissociation (CID) of [Cu(II)+elesclomol-H]+·. This leads to the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I). However, such phenomenon was not observed upon CID of [Ni(II)+elesclomol-H]+. On the basis of the density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d)/LANL2DZ level, the Cu(II)- and Ni(II)-chelating complexes of elesclomol exist in the keto-form with tetra-coordinated trapezoid geometry in the gas phase but at different levels of distortion. As compared to the Ni(II)-elesclomol complex, the Cu(II)-elesclomol complex is more stable (by -55.25 kcal/mol). This relative stability of the chelating complexes of elesclomol is consistent with the Irving-Williams series of bindings to ligands.
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