
%0 Journal Article
%A Laurie, SH 
%T Coordination complexes of amino acids: Preparation and properties of some copper(II) and copper(I) complexes containing mixed bidentate ligands
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1967/12/01
%V 20
%N 12
%P 2597-2608
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9672597
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9672597 
%X Complexes of copper(II) of the type [CuAB] have been synthesized in which A is the anion of acetylacetone, salicylaldehyde, 8- hydroxyquinoline, or diethyl-dithiocarbamate, and B is the anion of phenylalanine, tryptophan, or tyrosine. Examination of their spectral, magnetic, and solubility behaviour established them to be normal, molecular, copper(II) complexes.   Bis(2,9-dimethylphenanthroline)copper(I) amino-acidates were also prepared. Their spectra suggest that, in solution at least, no coordination of the amino acid to the copper(I) occurs.   Preliminary irradiation experiments, at 3080 &#506;, show that photo- reduction to copper(I) occurs in dimethylformamide solutions; the copper(I) complexes remained unchanged under the same conditions. 
