Amino acid-type interactions of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine with transition metal ions: An experimental and theoretical investigation

作者：Mandal Shilpi; Das Gunajyoti^*; Askari Hassan

来源：Journal of Molecular Structure, 2015, 1100: 162-173.

DOI：10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.06.063

• Metalated L-dopa
• Solvent-free synthesis
• Dispersion-corrected B3LYP
• Metal-pi interactions
• DNA-binding studies

This paper reports the synthesis of the Ni+2, Cu+2 and Zn+2 complexes of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa) using a solvent-free solid-state grinding procedure. The synthesized complexes are characterized by elemental, molar conductance, EDAX-SEM, TG/DTA, infrared, electronic absorption, fluorescence and XRD analyses; confirming a 1:2 metal-ligand stoichiometry of the complexes and involvement of the carboxyl and amino groups in complex formation. Phase-diagram and the kinetic parameters of the interactions between L-dopa and the metal ions are also explored. Molecular structures of the metal complexes are modeled within the framework of density functional theory in a vacuum and implicit aqueous environment using the most stable L-dopa conformers determined at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level. The gas and aqueous phase metal-binding affinities; theoretical IR and UV-vis spectral aspects; partial atomic charges; Wiberg bond indices; HOMO-LUMO energy gaps and dipole moments of the L-dopa conformers as well as their complexes are calculated and analyzed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. The singlet state of the Ni(L-dopa)(2) complex is found to be more favorable from thermodynamic perspectives as compared to the triplet state. Use of BHandHLYP and dispersion-corrected B3LYP (at DFT-D2 level) methods in conjugation with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set affords us to accurately predict the binding affinity order of the three Lewis acids investigated, assess the influence of metal-aromatic pi interactions on the thermodynamic stability of metalated L-dopa, and explore the effectiveness of the aforesaid methodologies in predicting a certain set of spectral and electronic properties of bioactive molecules. UV-vis titration and docking studies reveal that the metal complexes of L-dopa are able to bind to the surface of DNA.

• 出版日期2015-11-15