Abstract
Complexation of Ag+ with captopril, 1-[(2S)-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionyl]-l-proline, has been studied by 1H and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The equilibrium constants for the trans to cis isomers of captopril bound to Ag+ were measured by 1H NMR spectroscopy. It is observed that the trans isomer of the drug binds more strongly to Ag+ between pH 5 and 8, as shown by the broadening of the trans isomer's resonances in 13C NMR spectra on complexation. A monodentate complexation of the trans captopril with Ag+ via the thiol site is proposed based on the solid-state NMR and IR data. A superior antimicrobial activity is exhibited by the Cap-Ag(I) complex compared to captopril ligand itself against Heterotrotropic Plate Counts (HPC), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Fecal streptococcus bacteria.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 191-195 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Research Committee of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (SABIC 2004-01). We thank the Bristol–Myer Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ, for their generous gift of captopril.
Keywords
- Ag(I)-captopril complex
- Antimicrobial Activity
- CP MAS of Ag(I)-captopril
- Captopril
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
- Spectroscopy