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Twelve new Au(III), Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes with glycyl-containing homopeptides glycyl-glycine (G2), glycyl-glycyl-glycine (G3), glycyl-glycyl-gycyl-glycine (G4), glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycine (G5) and glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycine (G6) have been synthesized, isolated and characterized spectroscopically and structurally by means of solid-state linear-dichroic infrared (IR-LD) spectroscopy of oriented colloids in nematic liquid crystal host, 1H- and 13C-NMR, TGA and DSC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, EPR, ESI- and FAB mass spectrometry and HPLC tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Quantum chemical calculations are carried out with a view to obtain the structures and spectroscopic properties of the ligand and newly synthesized metal complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The mononuclear Au(III)-complex ([Au(C18H18N2O4)Cl]) and hydrogensquarate ([C22H21N2O8]) of dipeptide phenylalanyltyrosine (H–Phe–Tyr–OH) have been synthezised, characterized spectroscopically and structurally by means of solid-state linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy, 1H- and 13C-NMR, ESI-MS, HPLC-MS–MS, FAB-MS, TGS and DSC methods. The structure of the Au(III)-complex has been predicted theoretically by DFT calculations. The dipeptide coordinated in a tridentate manner via –NH2, –COO− and N−-groups. One Cl− ion is attached to the metal centre as a terminal ligand, yielding a planar AuN2OCl chromophor. The hydrogensquarate consists in positive charged dipeptide moiety and negative one hydrogensquarate (HSq−) anion stabilizing by strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]