Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 103, Issue 10, Pages 1419-1424Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.08.007
Keywords
Monensin; Monovalent polyether ionophorous antibiotic; Copper(II) complex; Crystal structure; Antibacterial activity; SOD-like activity
Funding
- Research Fund of Sofia University [26/2008]
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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The preparation and structural characterization of a new copper(II) complex of the polyether ionophorous antibiotic sodium monensin A (MonNa) are described. Sodium monensin A binds Cu(II) to produce a heterometallic complex of composition [Cu(MonNa)(2)Cl-2]center dot H2O, 1. The crystallographic data of I show that the complex crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2 with Cu(II) ion adopting a distorted square-planar geometry. Copper(II) coordinates two anionic sodium monensin ligands and two chloride anions producing a neutral compound. The sodium ion remains in the inner cavity of the ligand retaining its sixfold coordination with oxygen atoms. Replacement of crystallization water by acetonitrile is observed in the crystal structure of the complex 1. Copper(I) salt of the methyl ester of MonNa, 2, was identified by X-ray crystallography as a side product of the reaction of MonNa with Cu(II). Compound 2, [Me-MonNa][H-MonNa][CuCl2]Cl, crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2 with the same coordination pattern of the sodium cation but contains a chlorocuprate(I) counter [CuCl2](-), which is linear and not coordinated by sodium monensin A. The antibacterial and antioxidant properties as two independent activities of I were studied. Compound I is effective against aerobic Gram(+)-microorgan isms Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus mycoides and Sarcina lutea. Complex 1 shows SOD-like activity comparable with that of the copper(II) ion. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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