Structure of nonactin-calcium perchlorate, C40H64O12.Ca(ClO4)2, and a comparative study of metal-nonactin complexes

Vishwanath, CK and Shamala, N and Easwaran, KRK and Vijayan, M (1983) Structure of nonactin-calcium perchlorate, C40H64O12.Ca(ClO4)2, and a comparative study of metal-nonactin complexes. In: Acta Crystallographica Section C :Crystal Structure Communications, 39 (12). pp. 1640-1643.

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Abstract

M r= 975.9, orthorhombic, Pnna, a = 20.262 (3), b= 15.717 (2), c= 15.038 (1)A, V= 4788.97 A 3, z = 4, D x = 1.35 Mg m -3, Cu Kct radiation, 2 = 1.5418 A, /t = 2.79 mm -1, F(000) -= 2072, T = 293 K, R = 0.08, 3335 observed reflections. The molecular structure and the crystal packing are similar to those observed in the nonactin complexes of sodium thiocyanate and potassium thiocyanate. The eight metal-O distances are nearly the same in the potassium complex whereas the four distances involving carbonyl O atoms are shorter than the remaining four involving the tetrahydrofuran-ring O atoms in the Na and the Ca complexes. This observation can be explained in terms of the small ionic radii of Na + and Ca 2+, and leads to a plausible structural rationale for the stronger affinity of nonactin for K + than for the other two metal ions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Acta Crystallographica Section C :Crystal Structure Communications
Publisher:	International Union of Crystallography
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to International Union of Crystallography.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2009 09:37
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20068

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