“…The insertion of β-alanine into the peptide sequence changes the number of atoms within the chelates from fi ve to six in the peptide complexes. In the case of nickel(II) this change does not affect the speciation and the basic coordination modes, but the overall stability of the complexes of dipeptides with (NH 2 , N Ϫ , COO Ϫ ) and tripeptides with (NH 2 , N Ϫ , N Ϫ , COO Ϫ ) coordination modes follows the stability order: (5,5) ϳ (5,6) Ͼ (6,5) Ͼ (6,6) and (5,5,6) Ն (5,6,5) Ն (5,5,5) Ͼ (6,5,5) Ͼ (5,6,6) Ͼ (6,5,6) Ͼ (6,6,6), respectively [83].…”