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THE APPLICATION OF SIDEROPHORES FOR METAL RECOVERY AND WASTE REMEDIATION: EXAMINATION OF CORRELATIONS FOR PREDICTION OF METAL AFFINITIES
Citation:
Hernlem**, B. J., L M. Vane*, AND G D. Sayles*. THE APPLICATION OF SIDEROPHORES FOR METAL RECOVERY AND WASTE REMEDIATION: EXAMINATION OF CORRELATIONS FOR PREDICTION OF METAL AFFINITIES. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 33(4):951-960, (1999).
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The naturally occurring metal-chelating compounds known as siderophores may be useful in environmental applications but limited metal specificity data is available for this class of compounds. Correlations that predict ligand-metal affinity versus mtal ion charge density and hydrolysis behavior are applied to the case of the siderophore Desferrioxamine B (DFB). DFB-metal complex formation constants are better correlated to the first hydrolysis constant of the respective metal cations than to the ratio of charge to metal-ligand interatomic separation. Test cases of PbII, SnII and BiIII confirm this conclusion.