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Complexes of folic acid, lumiflavin and riboflavin with bis(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II). Facilitated formation of flavosemiquinone complexes and substantial decrease of pKa(NH)

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Inorganica Chimica Acta, 195 (1): 123--126 (1992)
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(00)83859-1

Abstract

Folic acid, lumiflavin, and riboflavin bind one Ru(bpy)22+ complex fragment (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine). In view of previous results for lumazine and methoxatine complexes, the appearance of characteristically pH-dependent metal-to-ligand charge-transfer spectra and a facilitated ligand redn. strongly suggest an a-iminocarbonyl chelate coordination of the metal at positions O(4) and N(5). The pKa values of the heterocyclic N(3)-H protons are lowered from $\sim$9 to $\sim$5 upon metal coordination. [on SciFinder(R)]

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