Synthesis and characterization of mixed ligand complexes of bio-metals with pyrimidine nucleoside (uridine) and amino acids

The mixed ligand complexes of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) with uridine and amino acids, L-alanine, L-phenylalanine and L-tryptophan were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, conductivity data, infrared spectra, electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility data. In these complexes, the nucleoside (uridine) acts as a monodentate ligand coordinating through O(4) under the conditions of investigation, whereas the amino acids coordinate through the carboxylate oxygen and the amino nitrogen. Distorted octahedral geometry for Cu(II) and octahedral geometries for both Ni(II) and Co(II) are proposed.