Preparation of [VO(sal-L-Trp)(H₂O)] (sal-L-Trp = N-salicylidene-L-tryptophanate) and characterisation of an unusual product obtained from its solutions in water–pyridine

Abstract

A vanadium(IV) complex [VO(sal-L-Trp)(H₂O)] 1 (sal-L-Trp = N-salicylidene-L-tryptophanate) has been isolated from solutions containing oxovanadium(IV), L-tryptophan and salicylaldehyde. From solutions also containing quinolin-8-ol (Hhquin) a similar oxovanadium(IV) complex VO(sal-L-Trp)·Hhquin·2H₂O 2 was isolated. From solutions of 1 in water–pyridine, orange-brown crystals of [Hpy⁺]₄[C₁₄H₁₃N₂⁺]₂[V₁₀O₂₈^6–] 3 were isolated and characterised by X-ray diffraction. The mechanism proposed for this reaction involves the attack of a pyridine molecule at the β-carbon atom of the tryptophan residue in 1.

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