Rare Silver-Histidine Cluster Complex and Its Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Phase-Transition Behavior

Qingxin Liu, Yinglan Wu, Min Feng, Wanmin Chen, Zhiping Zheng, Min Feng

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Abstract

Silver complexes with proteinogenic amino acid ligands are of interest for biomedical and antimicrobial applications. In this work, we obtained {[Ag7(l-his)4](NO3)3·3H2O}0.2{[Ag8(l-his)4(H2O)2](NO3)4·3H2O}0.8(1) and {[Ag7(d-his)4](NO3)3·3H2O}0.2{[Ag8(d-his)4(H2O)2](NO3)4·3H2O}0.8(2), which represent the first example of any Ag-exclusive complex featuring a cluster-type core motif and with only proteinogenic amino acid ligands. Upon immersion into acetonitrile, an interesting single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation occurred to produce a new cluster complex of the formula [Ag8(l-his)4(NO3)(H2O)](NO3)3(3). Using a racemic mixture of histidine, the reaction under otherwise identical conditions led to the production of the second example of a three-dimensional (3D) network structured Ag-exclusive complex with only a proteinogenic amino acid ligand. Compared with other Ag-histidine complexes in the literature, the significance of reaction conditions, particularly the Ag/histidine ratio and pH of the reaction mixture, is revealed. Temperature-dependent emission of 1 and 2 at 440 nm characteristic of silver-philophilic interactions was also observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8141-8149
Number of pages9
JournalACS Omega
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 8 2022
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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