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The interactions of adenosine 5‘-monophosphate (AMP), adenosine 5‘-diphosphate (ADP), and adenosine 5‘-triphosphate (ATP) with protons and with Mg2+ in aqueous solutions have been studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy at 25, 50, and 70 °C. Upfield shifts of H-8 were found in the pH ranges where protonation of phosphate groups occurs for the three nucleotides at all temperatures studied, indicating that AMP, ADP, and ATP adopt an anti conformation at these temperatures. The order of the H-8 upfield shift is AMP > ADP ∼ ATP. The shift decreases slightly at 50 and 70 °C. Chemical shift measurements for the three nucleotides in the presence of Mg2+ give no indication of the existence of an interaction between Mg2+ and the adenine ring in the Mg2+−nucleotide complexes under the experimental conditions of this study. The mechanism of the deshielding effect of phosphate groups on H-8, and the effects of temperature and pH on the intramolecular interaction of these nucleotides are discussed.

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Flow calorimetry has been used to study the interaction of glycine with protons in water at temperatures of 298.15, 323.15, and 348.15 K and pressures up to 12.50 MPa. By combining the measured heat for glycine solutions titrated with NaOH with the heat of ionization for water, the enthalpy of protonation of glycine is obtained. The reaction is exothermic at all temperatures and pressures studied. The effect of pressure on the enthalpy of reaction is very small. The experimental heat data are analyzed to yield equilibrium constant (K), enthalpy change (DeltaH), and entropy change (DeltaS) values for the protonation reaction as a function of temperature. These values are compared with those reported previously at 298.15 K. The DeltaH and DeltaS values increase (become more positive), whereas log K values decrease, as temperature increases. The trends for DeltaH and DeltaS with temperature are opposite to those reported previously for the protonation of several alkanolamines. However, log K values for proton interaction with both glycine and the alkanolamines decrease with increasing temperature. The effect of the nitrogen atom substituent on log K for protonation of glycine and alkanolamines is discussed in terms of changes in long-range and short-range solvent effects. These effects are used to explain the difference in DeltaH and DeltaS trends between glycine protonation and those found earlier for alkanolamine protonation.

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