Complexes between pilocarpine and cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), and zinc(II) Ions

✍ Scribed by G. Canti; A. Scozzafava; G. Ciciani; G. Renzi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 351 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3549
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600691028

✦ Synopsis

The properties of pilocarpine as a ligand toward the halides of cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), and zinc(II) were investigated. Pilocarpine behaved as a monodentate ligand, giving rise to compounds with the general formula methyl(pilocarpine)2X2. The coordinating geometry at the metal ion was pseudotetrahedral in every case. PMR studies showed that the pyridine-type nitrogen of the imidazole ring of pilocarpine was the donor atom of the ligand.