title: Drug-metal interactions: copper(II) complex of the antidiabetic drug acetohexamide and pyridine.
abstract: The preparation, spectral properties, and crystal structure of a copper(II) complex of 4-acetyl-N-[(cyclohexylamino)carbonyl]benzenesulfonamide, which is known as acetohexamide, and pyridine are reported. The complex Cu(AH)2(py)2, where AH = acetohexamide and py = pyridine, was prepared and characterized by X-ray and ESR. The complex is monoclinic, space group P2(1)/a, with a = 17.412(6), b = 9.039(2), c = 26.531(10) A, beta = 102.24(2) degrees, and Z = 4. The final refinement used 3892 unique reflections and gave an R value of 0.0646. The copper atom is surrounded by four nitrogen atoms in a square-planar arrangement, two from the acetohexamide ligands (Cu-N = 2.009 A) and two from the pyridine molecules (Cu-N = 2.016 A) in a trans geometry. The ESR data support a similar coordination behavior of the copper (g parallel greater than g perpendicular greater than ge) with the unpaired electron in the dx2-y2 orbital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Moorhead State University, Minnesota 56560.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pezeshk
authors.forename: V
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authors.lastname: Pezeshk
mesh_terms: D000092:Acetohexamide / Q000378:metabolism*; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011725:Pyridines / Q000378:metabolism*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines; D003300:Copper; C023666:pyridine; D000092:Acetohexamide