Histamine complexation: structural studies of [CaCl4(H2O)2CaCl2(H2O)2(histamine)2] and histamine hydrobromide
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 1,p. 151-154
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19860000151
Abstract
Single crystal X-ray studies of [CaCl4(H2O)2CaCl2(H2O)2(histamine)2](1), a= 8.437(3), b= 11.964(5), c= 6.767(4)Å, α= 92.26(4), β= 66.04(3), γ= 85.39(3)°, Dc= 1.58 g cm–3, Z= 2, triclinic space group PR/Rw= 4.8/7.7%, and histamine hydrobromide (2), a= 17.647(6), b= 9.363(4), c= 4.686(1)Å, β= 90.40(2)°, Dc= 1.65 g cm–3, Z= 4, monoclinic space group P21/n, R/Rw= 5.1/6.2%, both show histamine [tautomeric form, 4-(2-aminoethyl)imidazole] to be protonated at the side-chain amine group. In (1) two histamine molecules are each bound in unidentate fashion to calcium via the nitrogen atom α to the side chain. There are two independent calcium atoms per asymmetric unit, both of which display octahedral geometry but co-ordination to different sets of atoms. Both (1) and (2) display trans conformation of amine and imidazole ring about the CH2CH2 bond of the side chain.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- HistamineNew England Journal of Medicine, 1976
- The Relation between Structure and Histamine-Like ActivityJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1942