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- Title
Complexation of phosphates by 1,3-bis(3-(2-pyridylureido)propyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane.
- Authors
Frański, Rafał; Gierczyk, Błażej; Markiewicz, Grzegorz; Kozik, Tomasz
- Abstract
Rationale Compounds containing a urea or thiourea moiety form complexes with anions thanks to the ability to form quite strong hydrogen bonds. We have synthesized 1,3-bis(3-(2-pyridylureido)propyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane ( 1). Compound 1 contains two urea moieties connected by a long flexible linker; thus, it should be able to adopt a structure suitable for formation of quite stable complexes with anions. Methods The ability to form complexes of compound 1 with phosphates was tested by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Full scan ESI mass spectra and collision-induced dissociation tandem mass (CID-MS/MS) spectra of the ions of interest were obtained on a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer. Results It has been found that compound 1 is not only much more prone to form complexes with the phosphate anion than with other inorganic anions, but it is also able to form complexes with organic phosphates, namely nucleotides and phospholipids. However, compound 1 is not able to form complexes with organic compounds not containing a phosphate group (e.g. nucleosides, sugars, glycerolipids). Conclusions Compound 1 can be regarded as selective towards phosphate-containing organic compounds. Formation of such complexes may have some interesting applications for identification of organic phosphates in crude extracts from biological materials. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
PHOSPHATES; TETRAMETHYL compounds; ANIONS; HYDROGEN bonding; MOIETIES (Chemistry); COMPLEX compounds; ELECTROSPRAY ionization mass spectrometry
- Publication
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: RCM, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 23, p2272
- ISSN
0951-4198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/rcm.7386