Synthesis and structure of a trinuclear chromium(III)-nicotinic acid complex

Enrique Gonzalez-Vergara*, Jack Hegenauer, Paul Saltman, Michal Sabat, James A. Ibers

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Abstract

The reaction of nicotinic acid (nic), chromic perchlorate hexahydrate, and sodium perchlorate in aqueous solution affords a Cr(III)-vitamin complex whose composition has been established to be Na[Cr3O(nicH)6(H2O)3][ClO4]8·nicH·6H2O, based on analytical data and a single-crystal X-ray analysis. In the [Cr3O(nicH)6(H2O)3]+7 ion a central oxygen atom is bonded to three chromium atoms. The nicotinic and zwitterions bridge these chromium centers through the carboxylate oxygen atoms. On each chromium atom a water oxygen, trans to the central oxygen atom, complexes the octahedral coordination. The ion has crystallographically imposed symmetry 6. The binding of nicotinic acid in this Cr(III)-nicotinic acid complex is significantly different from that currently proposed for the glucose tolerance factor.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)115-118
Number of pages4
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume66
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

Funding

We thank the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT-Mexico) for fellowship support of E.G.-V. This work was supported at the University of California by USPHS Grant AM 12386 from the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseasesa nd at Northwestern University by Grant HL 131 57 of the National Institutes of Health.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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