title: Amino acid binding by 2-(guanidiniocarbonyl)pyridines in aqueous solvents: a comparative binding study correlating complex stability with stereoelectronic factors.
abstract: A series of guanidiniocarbonylpyridine receptors has been synthesized, and these compounds bind amino acids (carboxylate forms) in aqueous DMSO with association constants ranging from K = 30 to 460 M(-1) as determined by NMR titration experiments. The differences in the complex stabilities can be correlated with steric and electrostatic effects with the aid of calculated complex structures. For example, the electrostatic repulsion between the pyridine nitrogen lone pair and the bound carboxylate makes anion binding less efficient than with the analogous pyrrole receptors previously introduced by us for carboxylate binding in water. Furthermore, steric interactions between the receptor side chain as in 2 b and the bound substrate also disfavor complexation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. schmuck@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmuck
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Machon
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001665:Binding Sites; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D006146:Guanidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006146:Guanidines; D011725:Pyridines; D014867:Water; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide