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![Metal ion affinity (MIA) values calculated for low-energy aqueous conformers of five Cu(aa)2 compounds obtained using the B3LYP-D3 functional and 6-311+G(3df,2p) basis set (see Table 2). [Cu(His)(Gln) and Cu(His) (Cys) values are based on two earlier reports (43, 44)]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/670262712d53850783963f94/j_aiht-2024-75-3871_fig_007.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKINU65RA6%2F20260306%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260306T063414Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEBYaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQCzu%2B1OIUeWMfohocZ6IqIa0m0zyf3lWJxB1HRIS9WD5gIgZWxJii5CnW3%2FkO6W3aYx41PZA0n90B7zN5qEfoxZ9mMqxgUI3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDCQtnQtb26%2Beh%2BpnsSqaBWM1FxL8R0scLvJGgEL3XnL69sp9S%2FSoSyhSf2LSuu2uFsSpeCb0BR%2Bv3rUTzi1Jlvla3uzqNIVINYP9lsTN2IMR7mVYsLKpp7sNd3PnqBSCncAx53JWo3zTa5vNDfkzxPkXwEgSCOP3ZePKq9%2FrveNYT9WLHfRD%2FuXiHfAaAeYSrCps%2BRH%2BCXXHy2lcU8EeFPndX0CR7iKQ6J3ICN4vJdd%2F9D75A%2FDynUCXSIVZ0MF%2FqSMSAtIws2H9TCCJueQ2V9lJT6xyQlPHE13d24%2Bga0NtgABA5263PwgMhYGCRtX5X0t%2FlrY1tCJemB8bq%2FiEtQ80vds%2BUg1dM08iz87CRmkyvZy%2FXBVEpoR2bQOt4T%2FfBeDcBbOhtgCDBAFbDD8tlld7kvPE6bR3w6%2F%2BSUT9YLVun94smdTOP3iUq7CAFNawa8VO7FHB9XlU7h1txzbJ9byX79Lg1idAX4bMdNjFLPa3Mj74%2Bm%2Fs1Jm6P%2FP1XKq1eJYG5T7W3rQNc1w1chl6j%2BceQr2afhaqEmbsBNM3OyPeBs%2FmpmImf%2Fv0qN7%2FEFfDmRKcdBkTMU%2FXiKWx412iEmnkNA6%2FuwxoxPBBe03pcHgLkRfi9inxAz0Kned1ZVSzAyiDntNsxDQNK6F91LNp9NuKpQJkuwLcUALl%2B80NhNAHUs7SXrJIwJWBy1qtqwVA4IjXuEj2hi7ssoiq2lJEK%2B%2BFnloZh0%2B0hDTv81PW26rUD9auXb016JwGi0P0airDjuxr%2BsbFYJbMXhWc%2FeMcDNDF%2F0r8HsMBBT1zZBGDaAIApzTU4xy7c8%2BTa7Rc5hwBraj443V9oJqmZKtm33kjg%2BWsb1gc6x%2BrKPVLl6KFMleO0aRegU%2F5CRsDAS9Pl21E%2FYxXTEELbWKUczCx0KnNBjqxAaeWVgy5%2FWbCbAcfpCoYYaDn9p22owyPzxcIm0GQyfYwtLvET6C8adn7%2FGXnhQ6Yr4z9gBCnOzNhO4mJfEzldcHkZohjsjWiZ65x6ff%2FfsUs9B8rwYlcp3BfER%2BwZySNjQg1WWBD3KR2l5rHZ026UjYqwrFl456F%2FkdclKCrjLOtQpOZbeOCKElFqvBFjJC0wIAxSqjvqi%2FpA1%2FT79xoxf%2BO4Qg8HJI5cKwh5OISW5D%2FKw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=e4507ee28952b1073b6a01274d66f33324b525389f53944fc23fbea521c421d3&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Experimentally determined stability constants (log β) of ternary and binary amino acidato copper(II) compounds determined potentiometrically (37 °C, 0_15 mol/L NaClO4)
| Ternary compounds | log β | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cu(His)(Gln) | 16.703 | 53 |
| Cu(His)(Thr) | 17.030 | 51 |
| Cu(His)(Asn) | 16.756 | 53 |
| Cu(His)(Cys)* | 16.9 | 60 |
Enthalpies and metal ion affinities (MIA) for selected Cu(His)2, Cu(His)(Asn), and Cu(His)(Thr) conformers and their corresponding His−, Asn−, and Thr− minimum structures calculated using the B3LYP-D3 functional and 6-311+G(3df,2p) basis set in implicitly modelled aqueous solution using polarisable continuum model (PCM) at 298_15 K
| Conformer* | Enthalpy (a.u.) | MIA (kJ/mol) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu(His)2 | L1− (His−) | L2− (His−) | ||
| tGG | −2737.094653 | −548.382771 | −548.384674 | 979.6 |
| cGG | −2737.096348 | −548.382743 | −548.382719 | 989.3 |
| tHH | −2737.091682 | −548.382725 | −548.384669 | 971.9 |
| cHH | −2737.092565 | −548.383451 | −548.384666 | 972.4 |
| tHG | −2737.095356 | −548.382781 | −548.382751 | 986.5 |
| cHG | −2737.095784 | −548.382817 | −548.384681 | 982.4 |
| Cu(His)(Asn) | L1− (His−) | L2− (Asn−) | ||
| tGN | −2680.789917 | −548.382752 | −492.082518 | 972.9 |
| cGN | −2680.786351 | −548.382801 | −492.080036 | 969.9 |
| cHN (1) | −2680.792287 | −548.382750 | −492.080519 | 984.4 |
| cHN (2) | −2680.787487 | −548.382733 | −492.080062 | 973.0 |
| tHN | −2680.788118 | −548.382752 | −492.082536 | 968.1 |
| Cu(His)(Thr) | L1− (His−) | L2− (Thr−) | ||
| tGT (1) | −2626.583463 | −548.382793 | −437.873675 | 979.1 |
| tTG (2) | −2626.583989 | −548.382791 | −437.880005 | 963.8 |
| cGT | −2626.581558 | −548.382725 | −437.873662 | 974.3 |
| tHT (1) | −2626.581712 | −548.382770 | −437.873628 | 974.6 |
| tHT (2) | −2626.583521 | −548.382751 | −437.880002 | 962.7 |
| cHT | −2626.588520 | −548.382757 | −437.879386 | 977.4 |