Self-Assembly Motifs of Water in Crystals of Palladium β-Amino Acid Complexes Influenced by Methyl Substitution on the Amino Acid Backbone

Hobart, David B. Jr.Patel, Vraj G.Pendergrass, HeatherFlorio, JacquelineMerola, Joseph S.2019-11-122019-11-122019-11-09Hobart, D.B.; Patel, V.G.; Pendergrass, H.; Florio, J.; Merola, J.S. Self-Assembly Motifs of Water in Crystals of Palladium β-Amino Acid Complexes Influenced by Methyl Substitution on the Amino Acid Backbone. Crystals 2019, 9, 590.http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95504Amino acid complexes of transition metals show interesting hydrogen-bonding motifs. In this paper, the syntheses and structures of three β-amino acid complexes of palladium that differ only by the substitution on the β-carbon will be discussed. With only hydrogen on the β-carbon, no additional water is incorporated into the crystal lattice and hydrogen-bonding is all complex-to-complex. With the addition of one and two methyl groups on the amino acid β-carbon, water is incorporated into the crystal lattice giving intricate water networks held together by complex-to-water and water-to-water hydrogen-bonding networks.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalpalladiumamino acidmetal complexhydrogen bondingcrystal latticeSelf-Assembly Motifs of Water in Crystals of Palladium β-Amino Acid Complexes Influenced by Methyl Substitution on the Amino Acid BackboneArticle - Refereed2019-11-12Crystalshttps://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9110590