Aqueous Mg2+ and Ca2+ Ligand Exchange Mechanisms Identified with 2DIR Spectroscopy

作者:Sun Zheng; Zhang Wenkai; Ji Minbiao; Hartsock Robert; Gaffney Kelly J*
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, 117(40): 12268-12275.
DOI:10.1021/jp407960x

摘要

Biological systems must discriminate between calcium and magnesium for these ions to perform their distinct biological functions, but the mechanism for distinguishing aqueous ions has yet to be determined. Ionic recognition depends upon the rate and mechanism by which ligands enter and leave the first solvation shell surrounding these cations. We present a time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy study of these ligand exchange dynamics in aqueous solution. The sensitivity of the CN-stretch frequency of NCS- to ion pair formation has been utilized to investigate the mechanism and dynamics of ligand exchange into and out of the first solvation shell of aqueous magnesium and calcium ions with multidimensional vibrational (2DIR) spectroscopy. We have determined that anion exchange follows a dissociative mechanism for Mg2+ and an associative mechanism for Ca2+.

  • 出版日期2013-10-10

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