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Pterins (2- amino -4- oxidopteridines) are present in a wide range of biological functions including a large number of metalloenzymes . Even the biochemical importance of zinc–pterin interaction has been established X-ray structurally Literature survey revels the existence of only one x-ray structurally characterized zinc(II)–pterin complex.The present effort is concerned with the title complex, possessing both a tridentate pterin ligand and a π-acceptor ancillary ligand like 1, 10—phenanthroline (phen).

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Pterins (2- amino -4- oxidopteridines) are present in a wide range of biological functions including a large number of metalloenzymes . Even the biochemical importance of zinc–pterin interaction has been established X-ray structurally . Literature survey revels the existence of only one x-ray structurally characterized zinc(II)–pterin complex .

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Keywords: crystal structure; phenanthroline; zinc complex; hydrogen bonding; pteridine; π-π stacking.

Mr Siddhartha S Baisya
University of North Bengal

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This page is a summary of: Crystal structure of (2-amino-7-methyl-4-oxidopteridine-6-carboxylato-κ3O4,N5,O6)aqua(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc trihydrate, Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, August 2015, International Union of Crystallography,
DOI: 10.1107/s2056989015014619.
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