Metal ion-binding properties of the diphosphate ester analogue, methylphosphonylphosphate, in aqueous solution.

The stability constants of the 1:1 complexes formed between methylphosphonylphosphate (MePP(3-)), CH(3)P(O)(-) (2)-O-PO3(2-), and Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Sr(2+), Ba(2+), Mn(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), Zn(2+), or Cd(2+) (M(2+)) were determined by potentiometric pH titration in aqueous solution (25 degrees C; l = 0.1 M, NaNO(3)). Monoprotonated M(H;MePP) complexes play only a minor role.

Extent of the Acidification by N7-Coordinated cis-Diammine-Platinum(II) on the Acidic Sites of Guanine Derivatives.

Coordination of two monoprotonated 2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-monophosphate species, H(dGMP)(-), via N7 to cis-(NH(2))(2)Pt(2+) gives the complex cis-(NH(2))(2)Pt(H.dGMP)(2) which is a four-protonic acid. The corresponding acidity constants were measured by potentiometric pH titrations (25; I = 0.