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Metal coordination complex analysis

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:11 pm
by Ifat_Gavish
Dear All,

I would like to ask for advice regarding analysis of iron siderophore complexes. (Siderophores are iron chelating compounds with anionic or neutral oxygen to coordinate with the metal).

As a first stage I want to get a chromatogram with the metal-bound and metal-free siderophore peaks (In order to separate it later on a preparative column and get the purified complex).

I know that Hydroxamate siderophores should show different retention times with iron and iron free siderophores, whereas catecholate siderophores run only as iron free siderophores with ACN and 0.1% TFA.

I have tried to run Hydroxamate siderophore sample under that H2O/ACN with 0.1%TFA and I recieved a chromatogram with only the siderophore peak. Do you have any suggestions on the analytical conditions to be used in order to have a good seperation between the metal complex and the siderophore?

Do you have any suggestions about proper conditions for catecholate siderophores complexes?


Thank you in advance,
Ifat