Interaction of Monosaccharides and Related Compounds Wit Oxocations of Mo(vi), W(vi) and U(vi)studied by NMR Spectroscopy

Proton, 13C and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been used to study the complexation of M(VI), W(VI) and U(VI) oxocations with various aldoses, cyclic polyols and ribose-5-phosphate in aqueous solution. The aldoses D-mannose, D-lyxose and D-ribose from tridentate complexes with Mo(VI) and W(VI) at pH ≃ 5, via the 1,2,3-hydroxyl groups, which are cis to each other in these sugars. Other aldoe, like D-arabinose, D-glucos, D-xylose and D-galactose from weaker bidentate complexs with those ions because they can onl use the 1 and 3-cis hydroxyl groups in metal binding. These bidentate interactions also take place in the binding of U(VI) to D-ribose, at pH ≃ 110. However, sugars having 1,3,5-hydroxyl groups in the cis position do not from stable chelates with these oxocations, possibly due to steric crowding. In the case of ribose-5-phosphate, the phosphate group is the exclusive binding site for the three oxocations. except for U(VI) at ver basic pH(pH > 10), where the hdroxyl groups also interact with UO2+ 2.