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1、CreatinganIon&MolecularSensorByCombiningPhenylMercaptoacetamide&BenzylMercaptoacetamideLigandswithPreferableMetalsSubmittedby:ChrisRocaMentor:DuncanQuarless,Ph.D.UndergraduateAsst.Mentor:AliciaBowenABSTRACTPhenylmercaptoacetamide(PMA)&Benzylmercaptoacetamide(BMA)weresynthesizedtoobservetheirim
2、itativerelevanceforfabricatingthestructureandreactivityofmetallocysteinateproteinsthatareinvolvedinmetaltransport.Theseligandswereusedtoobserveifthetypeofreactionthattakesplacebetweenthemandthemetalcations,whichareZinc(Zn2+)andCobalt(Co2+),canproduceaniondetectingmolecule.XylenolOrangewasuseda
3、sacolorindicatortodeterminetheextinction(metalconcentrationdependence)whichisusedfromBeer’slawA=EBCandexaminethevisiblespectroscopyofthevarioussolutions,whichdeterminestherelativeconcentrationofcomplexedandfreeindicators.Althoughnomajorresultsareyetfound,zincappearstobetheleastdiscriminateofth
4、emetalcationswithrespecttoxylenolorange.CobaltshowedalowerextinctionthanZincwhichmeantmoreconcentrationwasneededthanZinc.Thepurposeofsuchanexperimentistoseeiftheseligandscanbeanalternativeforiondetectionwhencombinedwithametal,whichforthemomentseemstobeZinc.INTRODUCTIONIonrecognitioncontinuesto
5、beamajorresearchgoalformanysupramolecularchemistgroupsaroundtheworld.Phenylmercaptoacetamide(PMA)&Benzylmercaptoactamide(BMA)areligandsorinotherwordstheyareamoleculethatbondstothecentralmetalatomofacompound.Whatisexpectedtohappenisthattheligands,BMAandPMA,wouldreactwiththemetals,Zinc(Zn)andCob
6、alt(Co),toformamoleculethatdetectsspecificionswhenthetwocomeintocontact.Ifsuccessfulthisexperimentcanhelpproduceaniondetectingagentthatisanovelsulfurbasedligand,andtheseassayswilllikelyhaverelevanceinanalytical,environmentalchemistry,aswellasbiomedicalimaginganddrugdiscovery.MATERIALSCHEMICALS
7、AnilineBenzylamineThioglycolicacid(mercaptoaceticacid)CobaltacetateZincacetatepH5bufferMethanolLABEQUIPMENTThermometersWeighingscalesAssortedglassware(Volumetricflasks,Erlenmeyerflasks,Buchnerfunnels,etc)UltravioletLight(UV/vis)spectrop