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The interaction of diethyltin(IV), DET, with selected bioligands having a variety of model functional groups was investigated at 25 °C and ionic strength 0.1 mol·dm −3 NaCl using the potentiometric technique. The hydrolysis constants of the DET cation and the formation constants of the complexes formed in solution were calculated using the MINIQUAD-75 program. The stoichiometry and stability constants for the complexes formed are reported. The results show the formation of 1:1 and 1:2 complexes with amino acids and DNA constituents. The dicarboxylic acids form 1:1 complexes. The peptides form both 110 complexes and the corresponding deprotonated amide species [Et 2Sn(LH −1)] (11-1). The participation of different ligand functional groups in binding to organotin is discussed. The concentration distributions of the various complex species were evaluated as a function of pH. The standard thermodynamic parameters Δ H° and Δ S°, calculated from the temperature dependence of the equilibrium constants, were investigated for the interaction of DET with thymine as a representative example of DNA constituents. The effect of ionic strength and solvent on hydrolysis constants of DET, protonation equilibria of thymine and its complex formation with DET were investigated and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comprehensive review of organotin(IV) hydrolysis and complex formation equilibria with amino acids, peptides and DNA constituents is presented with special reference to solution and coordination chemistry studies. The review focuses on results obtained in the author's laboratory and related work of other groups. Also, published studies on these complexes were reviewed with emphasis on their biological aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seven-coordinate Fe(EDTA)-L complexes, where L represents a DNA constituent (uracil, uridine, thymine, thymidine and inosine), methylamine, ammonium chloride or imidazole, were investigated to resolve the solution chemistry of this system. The results show formation of 1:1 complexes with DNA constituents and the other ligands, supporting the hepta-coordination mode of Fe(III) ion. Stability constants of the complexes were measured by potentiometric titration at 25 °C and ionic strength 0.1 mol⋅L NaNO. The hydrolysis constant of [Fe(EDTA)(HO)] and the formation constants of the complexes formed in solution were calculated using the non-linear least-squares program MINIQUAD-75. The concentration distributions of the various complex species were evaluated as a function of pH. The thermodynamic parameters Δ H and Δ S, calculated from the temperature dependence of the equilibrium constants, were determined for the Fe(EDTA)-uracil complex. The effect of dioxane as a solvent on the protonation constant of uracil, hydrolysis constants of [Fe(EDTA)(HO)], and the formation constants of the Fe(EDTA)-uracil complex are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]