title: Metal complexation of chitosan and its glutaraldehyde cross-linked derivative.
abstract: The physicochemical characterization of metal complexed with chitosan (CS) and its glutaraldehyde cross-linked derivative (CSGA) was investigated. Seven metal ions from chromium through zinc of the first row of the transition metals were selected for complexation. Structural features pertinent to where and how metals bind into both polymers are our main interest. Studies using solid-state NMR spectroscopy and XRPD (X-ray powder diffraction) supported by ESR spectroscopy, ICP-OES (inductively couple plasma-optical emission spectroscopy) and far-FTIR spectroscopy for metal interaction with nitrogen sites at C-2 of the metal-polymer complexes were performed. Theoretical calculations of the metal-polymer ratio, the approximate charges on nitrogen for both amine and imino-linker, and the proton affinity between an alcohol group from the polymer and an amino/imino group are reported. A helical coiled chitosan model and a 2C1L (two-chitosans with one linker) model are proposed here. The metal uptake mechanism for both polymers is concluded to be absorption within the polymers, rather than adsorption on the polymer surface.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, Chemistry Department, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Merrill D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005976:Glutaral / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D008670:Metals; D048271:Chitosan; D005976:Glutaral