Can. J. Chem. 64, 960 (1986). Several complexes of adenosine-5-triphosphate disodium salt (Na2H2ATP) with the metal ions, Na', M~' + , Ca2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and cis-and t r a n~-P t ( N H~)~C l~ and K2PtC14 at pH = 3.5 and 7.2 have been isolated, identified, and studied. Marked spectral similarities have been observed for the structurally known metal-phosphate bonded compounds, [Cu(H2ATP)(phen)12.7H20 and [Zn(H2ATP)(bipy)12.4H20 and all the metal-ATP complexes studied here, except the Pt-ATP complexes. The metal binding is through the a, P, and y phosphate oxygen atoms when the N1-position of adenine is protonated. Spectral changes have also been observed for the Pt-ATP complexes in which there is a Pt-N7 and -N1 coordination. The sugar pucker in the Na2H2ATP3H20 crystal dimers is C3'-endo-anti (in one) and C2'-endo-anti (in the other) with a characteristic infrared band at 818 cm-'. In the corresponding cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes the sugar has C3'-endo-anti conformation with the marker band at about 814 cm-'. The C2'-endo-anti conformation is observed for all the metal-ATP complexes prepared here with a marker band at 825-822 cm-'. [Traduit par la revue]