title: ATR-FTIR investigation on the complexation of myo-inositol hexaphosphate with aluminum hydroxide.
abstract: The adsorption isotherm of and the pH effect on the adsorption of myo-inositol hexaphosphate (myo-IP6) on amorphous aluminum hydroxide was investigated. It was found that the adsorption isotherm of myo-IP6 on aluminum hydroxide could be well fitted with the Freundlich isotherm. The amount of myo-IP6 adsorbed remained almost constant in the range of pH 4.0 to 7.0, but it decreased considerably as the initial pH was over 7. The adsorption of myo-IP6 resulted in an increase in the pH level due to the release of OH(-) ions, which suggested that the adsorption of myo-IP6 on aluminum hydroxide was caused by a ligand exchange reaction. ATR-FTIR analysis of myo-IP6 in solution and adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide at different pH were performed. The ATR-FTIR investigation indicated that myo-IP6 was adsorbed onto aluminum hydroxide by forming inner-sphere complexes and adsorption facilitated the deprotonation of phosphate groups. The asymmetric vibration of the PO bond in AlPO(-)(3) appearing at a lower frequency than that in the terminal HPO(-)(3) indicated that Al bound to the O atom not as strongly as the H atom did. The ATR-FTIR investigation and theoretical calculation (with the Gaussian 03 program) revealed that three of the six phosphate groups in myo-IP6 molecules were bound to aluminum hydroxide while the other three remained free when myo-IP6 was adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Chii
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Guang-Hao
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D010833:Phytic Acid