title: Interactions of Aluminum(III) with Phosphates.
abstract: In order to obtain information about aluminum(III)-phosphate interactions, potentiometric measurements were carried out to characterize the complex forming properties of Al(III) with organic phosphates, phosphonates, and nucleoside-5'-monophosphates. The aluminum(III)-orthophosphate system is difficult to study due to AlPO(4) precipitation. To overcome this problem, the stability constant logarithms of the 1:1 Al(III) complexes of ligands with the same donor groups (log K(1:1)) were plotted against the basicities of the ligands (log K(PO)3(H)). The resulting linear free energy relation (LFER) indicates that organic phosphates, phosphonates, and uridine-, thymidine-, and guanosine 5'-monophosphates similarly bind Al(III). Adenosine and cytidine 5'-monophosphate fall above the LFER owing to the presence of a second microform with the nucleic base protonated and a hydroxide bound to the Al(III). From the LFER the log stability constant for Al(III) binding to HPO(4)(2-) is estimated as 6.13 +/- 0.05. From the weakness of any soluble orthophosphate complexes of Al(III) we confirm the importance of citrate as the main small molecule Al(3+) binder in the blood serum. The study includes investigation of Al(III) binding to di- and triphosphates, which bind metal ion differently than monophosphates. Structures of the complexes were supported by (31)P NMR measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Kossuth University, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary, Centro di Studio Sulla Chimica e Tecnologia dei Compositi Metallorganici degli Elementi di Transizione, CNR, I-35131 Padova, Italy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atkári
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertani
authors.forename: R. Bruce
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Martin