α-Amino acids are highly functional small molecules whose side chain groups are like
prototypes of metal coordination and weak interactions in proteins. This perspective focuses …

Noncovalent or weak interactions play important roles in molecular recognition and structual
organization in chemical and biological systems. Hydrogen bonding and aromatic ring …

The combined potentiometric and spectroscopic studies of interactions of N-2-
hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) with Cu (II) demonstrated that …

A simple, green and effective extraction method, namely, pyridinium ionic liquid-(IL) based
liquid-solid extraction (LSE), was first designed to extract the main inorganic and organic …

Tryptophan-containing N-acetylated peptides AcTrp-Gly, AcTrp-Ala, AcTrp-Val, and AcTrp-
ValOMe bind to platinum (II) and undergo selective hydrolytic cleavage of the C-terminal …

Equations derived on the basis of mechanistic considerations have been utilized to calculate
the stability constants of binary and ternary copper (II) complexes of amine (s) or …

Binding of tryptophan residue to intrinsic metal ions in proteins is unknown, and very little is
known about the coordinating abilities of indole. Indole-3-acetamide displaces the solvent …

Abstract [PdACl 2](n-1) H 2 O complexes {A: 1, 10-phenanthroline (phen), 4-methyl-
phenanthroline (4-mphen), 5-methyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (5-mphen), 4, 7-dimethyl-1, 10 …

The use of a ligand directed strategy in the assembly of discrete cluster, 2D layers and 3D
networks, using N-substituted glycine derivatives with o-iodobenzoyl (a bulky substituent) or …

The heats of reactions between an L-asparagine solution and HNO 3 solutions were
measured calorimetrically within different pH ranges at 298.15, 308.15, and 318.15 K and an …