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. 2023 Apr 4;13(4):645. doi: 10.3390/biom13040645

Table 1.

Logarithms of the protonation and formation constants of InsP8 (I = 0.15 M; T = 22 °C).

Equilibrium log K
InsP8 5PCP-InsP5 InsP6
31P NMR (22 °C) a 31P NMR (22 °C) b Potentiometry (37 °C) b
L14− + H+ ↔ HL13− 11.21(1) 11.48(1) 10.8(1)
L14− + 2 H+ ↔ H2L12− 22.78(2) 22.42(2) 21.3(1)
L14− + 3 H+ ↔ H3L11− 34.22(2) 32.26(2) 31.63(6)
L14− + 4 H+ ↔ H4L10− 43.96(2) 40.94(2) 40.42(6)
L14− + 5 H+ ↔ H5L9− 52.58(3) 47.67(2) 47.32(6)
L14− + 6 H+ ↔ H6L8− 59.41(8) 51.93(2) 53.04(7)
L14− + 7 H+ ↔ H7L7− 64.91(6) 55.64(2) 56.14(9)
L14− + 8 H+ ↔ H8L6− 68.79(7) --- ---
5 K+ + HL13− ↔ [K5(HL)]8− 12.47(3) 6.57(3) ---
4 K+ + H2L12− ↔ [K4(H2L)]8− 9.76(3) 4.61(3) ---
4 K+ + H3L11− ↔ [K4(H3L)]7− --- 4.50(5) 5.42(5)
3 K+ + H4L10− ↔ [K3(H4L)]7− 5.446(5) 3.94(4) 3.36(5)
2 K+ + H5L9− ↔ [K2(H5L)]7− 3.820(7) 2.79(7) ---
K+ + H6L8− ↔ [K(H6L)]7− 2.58(5) --- ---
K+ + H7L7− ↔ [K(H7L)]6− 2.08(3) --- ---
Mg2+ + L14− + 4 K+ ↔ [MgK4L]8− 22.4(1) --- ---
Mg2+ + HL13− + 4 K+ ↔ [MgK4(HL)]7− 21.6(1) 11.64(5) ---
Mg2+ + H2L12− + 3 K+ ↔ [MgK3(H2L)]7− 18.1(1) 9.75(7) ---
Mg2+ + H3L11− + 3 K+ ↔ [MgK3(H3L)]6− 15.0(1) 8.79(7) ---
Mg2+ + H4L10− + 2 K+ ↔ [MgK2(H4L)]6− 11.6(1) 6.96(7) ---
Mg2+ + H5L9− + K+ ↔ [MgK(H5L)]6− 9.1(1) 5.26(7) ---
Mg2+ + H6L8− + K+ ↔ [MgK(H6L)]5− 7.3(1) --- ---
Mg2+ + H6L8− ↔ [Mg(H6L)]6− --- 4.71(7) ---

a This work, σ = 0.033 (H+), 0.053 (K+) and 0.051 (Mg2+). b Thermodynamic data reported previously for similar systems are included for comparison; the equations in the left column refer to InsP8 complexes [28,46,47]. The standard deviation on the uncertain digit is added between brackets.