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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II OBJECTIVES 1. To understand the role of metal ions in biological process. 2. To learn the basic concepts of chemotherapy. 3. To learn the principle of catalysis and reaction mechanisms of organometallics. UNIT I: General Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry Occurrence and availability of inorganic elements in biological systems – biomineralization – control and assembly of advanced materials in biology – nucleation and crystal growth – various biominerals – calcium phosphate – calcium carbonate – amorphous silica, iron biominerals – strontium and barium sulphate. Function and transport of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions: characterization of K+, Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ – complexes of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions with macrocycles – ion channels – ion pumps, catalysis and regulation of bioenergetic processes by the alkaline earth metal ions – Mg2+ and Ca2+. Metals at the center of photosynthesis – primary processes in photosynthesis – photosystems I and II-light absorption (energy acquisition) – exciton transport (direct energy transfer) – charge separation and electron transport – manganese catalyzed oxidation of water to O2. UNIT II: Amines, Proteins and Enzymes Cobalamines: reactions of the alkyl cobalamines – one electron reduction and oxidation – Co-C bond cleavage – coenzyme B12 – alkylation reactions of methylcobalamin. Heme and non-heme proteins – haemoglobin and myoglobin – oxygen transport and storage – electron transfer and oxygen activation – cytochromes, ferredoxins and rubredoxin – model systems, mononuclear non-heme iron enzymes. Copper containing proteins – classification and examples – electron transfer – oxygen transport-oxygenation – oxidases and reductases – cytochrome oxidase – superoxide dismutase (Cu, Zn) – nickel containing enzyme: urease. UNIT III: Medicinal Bioinorganic Chemistry Bioinorganic chemistry of quintessentially toxic metals – lead, cadmium, mercury, aluminium, chromium, copper and plutonium – detoxification by metal chelation – drugs that act by binding at the metal sites of metalloenzymes. Chemotherapy – chemotherapy with compounds of certain non-essential elements – platinum complexes in cancer therapy – cisplatin and its mode of action – cytotoxic compounds of other metals. Gold containing drugs as anti-rheumatic agents and their mode of action – lithium in psychopharmacological drugs – radiopharmaceuticals – technetium. UNIT IV: Organometallics The 18 electron rule – applications and limitations – isolobal concept and its usefulness – uses of typical organometallics such as metal alloys and organometallic hydrides in organic synthesis. Nitrosyl complexes – bridging and terminal nitrosyls, bent and linear nitrosyls – dinitrogen complexes – metallocene and arene complexes – metal carbenes, carbenes, carboxylate anions. Classification based on captivity and polarity of M-C bond, organometallic compounds of lanthanides and actinides – fluxional organometallic compounds – organometallics in medicine, agriculture, horticulture and industry. UNIT V: Reactions and Catalysis by Organometallics Organometallic reactions – ligand association and dissociation – oxidative addition and reductive elimination – insertion reactions. Reactions of coordinated ligands in organometallics – hydrogenation, hydroformylation, epoxidation, metathesis. Polymerization of olefins, olefin oxidation (Wacker process) and carbonylation of methanol. UNIT I General Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry Occurrence and availability of inorganic elements in biological systems: Alkali and alkaline earth metals: The abundant inorganic elements act as ionic electrolytes. The most important ions are sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate, and bicarbonate. The maintenance of precise gradients across cell membranes maintains osmotic pressure and pH. Ions are also critical for nerves and muscles, as action potentials in these tissues are produced by the exchange of electrolytes between the extracellular fluid and the cytosol.Electrolytes enter and leave cells through proteins in the cell membrane called ion channels. For example, muscle contraction depends upon the movement of calcium, sodium and potassium through ion channels in the cell membrane and T-tubules. Transition metals: The transition metals are usually present as trace elements in organisms, with zinc and iron being most abundant.These metals are used in some proteins as cofactors and are essential for the activity of enzymes such as catalase and oxygen-carrier proteins such as hemoglobin.These cofactors are bound tightly to a specific protein; although enzyme cofactors can be modified during catalysis, cofactors always return to their original state after catalysis has taken place. The metal micronutrients are taken up into organisms by specific transporters and bound to storage proteins such as ferritin or metallothionein when not being used.Cobalt is essential for the functioning of vitamin B12. Main group compounds: Many other elements aside from metals are bio-active. Sulfur and phosphorus are required for all life. Phosphorus almost exclusively exists as phosphate and its various esters. Sulfur exists in a 2− 2− variety of oxidation states, ranging from sulfate (SO4 ) down to sulfide (S ). Selenium is a trace element involved in proteins that are antioxidants. Cadmium is important because of its toxicity.[ Composition of living organisms: About 99% of mammals' mass are the elements carbon, nitrogen, calcium, sodium, chlorine, potassium, hydrogen, phosphorus, oxygen and sulfur.The organic compounds (proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) contain the majority of the carbon and nitrogen and most of the oxygen and hydrogen is present as water.The entire collection of metal-containing biomolecules in a cell is called the metallome. Biomineralization: Biomineralization is the process by which living organisms produce minerals, often to harden or stiffen existing tissues. Such tissues are called mineralized tissues.Examples include silicates in algae and diatoms, carbonates in invertebrates, and calcium phosphates and carbonates in vertebrates. Other examples include copper, iron and gold deposits involving bacteria. Biologically-formed minerals often have special uses such as magnetic sensors in magnetotactic bacteria (Fe3O4), gravity sensing devices (CaCO3, CaSO4, BaSO4) and iron storage and mobilization (Fe2O3•H2O in the protein ferritin). Because extracellular iron is strongly involved in inducing calcification,its control is essential in developing shells; the protein ferritin plays an important role in controlling the distribution of iron. Control and assembly of advanced materials in biology: Molecular self-assembly (material)is the process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without guidance or management from an outside source. There are two types of self-assembly. These are intramolecular self-assembly and intermolecular self-assembly. Commonly, the term molecular self-assembly refers to intermolecular self-assembly, while the intramolecular analog is more commonly called folding. Molecular self-assembly underlies the construction of biologic macromolecular assemblies in living organisms, and so is crucial to the function of cells. It is exhibited in the self-assembly of lipids to form the membrane, the formation of double helical DNA through hydrogen bonding of the individual strands, and the assembly of proteins to form quaternary structures. Molecular self-assembly of incorrectly folded proteins into insoluble amyloid fibers is responsible for infectious prion-related neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular self-assembly of nanoscale structures plays a role in the growth Nucleation and crystal growth: Nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or a new structure via self-assembly or self-organization. Nucleation is typically defined to be the process that determines how long an observer has to wait before the new phase or self-organized structure appears. For example, if a volume of water is cooled (at atmospheric pressure) below 0 °C, it will tend to freeze into ice, but volumes of water cooled only a few degrees below 0 °C often stay completely free of ice for long periods. At these conditions, nucleation of ice is either slow or does not occur at all Nucleation is often found to be very sensitive to impurities in the system. These impurities may be too small to be seen by the naked eye, but still can control the rate of nucleation. Because of this, it is often important to distinguish between heterogeneous nucleation and homogeneous nucleation. The nucleation of crystals In many cases, liquids and solutions can be cooled down or concentrated up to conditions where the liquid or solution is significantly less thermodynamically stable than the crystal, but where no crystals will form for minutes, hours, weeks or longer. Nucleation of the crystal is then being prevented by a substantial barrier. This has consequences, for example cold high altitude clouds may contain large numbers of small liquid water droplets that are far below 0 °C. In small volumes, such as in small droplets, only one nucleation event may be needed for crystallisation. In these small volumes, the time until the first crystal appears is usually defined to be the nucleation time. In larger volumes many nucleation events will occur. A simple model for crystallisation in that case, that combines nucleation and growth is the KJMA or Avrami model. Primary and secondary nucleation The time until