ABSTRACT:Structural and dynamic properties of the poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone}-Cu(II) complex in aqueous solution are studied by 13 C NMR relaxation measurements. At pH 4, the spinlattice relaxation rate of the carbonyl carbon increases remarkably with increasing Cu(II) concentration. This indicates that Cu(Il) interacts with the carbonyl group at low pH. The temperature dependence of relaxation rate is explained in terms of the electron-13 C dipolar interaction, the 1 H-13 C dipolar interaction, and the chemical shift anisotropy interaction. The distance between Cu(II) and the carbonyl carbon is evaluated to be 4.0 A at pH 4.Since the paramagnetic metal ion has a large electronic magnetic moment, the spin-lattice relaxation of nuclei in the neighborhood of the metal ion is greatly enhanced. One can investigate structural and dynamic properties of polymer-metal complex by examining such effects. So far, we examined the interaction of Cu(II) and Mn(II) ions with poly(amino acid)s in aqueous solution. 1 -4 It was shown that Cu(II) interacts with the side-chain carboxyl group, 1 • 3 the side-chain amino group,2 and the main-chain amide group 1 ofpoly(amino acid)s, and that Mn(II) interacts with the side-chain carboxyl group and the main-chain carbonyl group. 4 The oxygen atom of carbonyl group can interact with Cu(II); for example, bis(acetylacetonato )Cu(II) is a well-known complex. In this work, we study the interaction of Cu(II) with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) which has a carbonyl group in the side-chain pyrrolidone ring and is water soluble.
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