Research Article

Hydrolysis of Methionine- and Histidine-Containing Peptides Promoted by Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes with Benzodiazines as Bridging Ligands: Influence of Ligand Structure on the Catalytic Ability of Platinum(II) Complexes

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Schematic presentation of the hydrolytic reaction of Ac–L–Met–Gly (a) and Ac–L–His–Gly (b) in the presence of complexes 1a–3a in the pH range 2.0 < pH < 2.5 in D2O as a solvent and at 37°C. In the reaction with Ac–L–His–Gly, only 1a was catalytically active complex.
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