Alkaline haematin and nitrogenous ligands
- 1 June 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 108 (1) , 131-136
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1080131
Abstract
1. Pyridine reacts with alkaline haematin to form a dipyridine dihydroxy dimeric haematin in which there is no competition between pyridine and OH− for coordination positions on the iron of haematin. 2. Imidazole competes directly with OH− to form the monomeric imidazole parahaematin in alkaline media. 3. The monomeric imidazole parahaematin aggregates readily to form a species that is precipitated on standing. 4. A structure is proposed for the haematin–pyridine compound in alkaline media.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- METALLOPORPHYRINS .7. COORDINATION OF IMIDAZOLES WITH FERRIMESOPORPHYRIN1952