文摘
To gain more insight into the interactions between vanadium and l-proline, the dynamic transformation of the reaction system of vanadium with l-proline and the coordination structures of the vanadium-containing products in 0.15 mol/L NaCl ionic medium mimicking physiological conditions were explored by multinuclear (1H, 13C, 51V) NMR, ESR, ESI-MS as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Spectroscopic evidence and computational results showed that a monoperoxovanadium species [VO(O2)(l-proline)2]− was a major product, where l-proline coordinated to vanadium via nitrogen and oxygen atoms in a bidentate manner to form a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal structure. The species [VO(O2)(l-proline)2]− underwent chemical changes in solution at room temperature, finally leading to the reduction of vanadium(V) to vanadium(IV) and the formation of [VO(l-proline)2]. In the tetrahedral structure of the reduction product [VO(l-proline)2], l-proline also coordinated to vanadium in a bidentate manner. Such an investigation may be helpful for a better understanding of vanadium complexes as insulin-enhancing agents for the treatment of diabetes.