Abstract
The reaction of ZnO or ZnCO3 with L‐aspartic acid yields zinc di(L‐aspartate), wherein aspartic acid (L‐AspH2) functions as a monobasic acid: Zn(L‐AspH)2. This precursor reacts with one equivalent of ZnCl2 in aqueous solution at pH=4.25 to give the title compound Zn(L‐AspH)Cl, which contains no water of crystallisation (solubility: 12.8% [w/w] at 22°C). The X‐ray structure analysis shows the zinc atoms to be tetrahedrally surrounded by a chloride ion and three oxygen atoms of carboxylate groups originating from three different L‐AspH anions. This constitution is fundamentally different from that of the magnesium analogue, but also of the corresponding halide‐free aspartates and glutamates of zinc and cadmium. The results may be of some significance for pharmacological cooperativity phenomena (chloride/aspartate) in metal complexation.
| Original language | German |
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| Pages (from-to) | 867-869 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemische Berichte |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
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