ABSTRACT
Octabromo-tetrakis(4-methylpyridyl)porphine (OBTMPyP), an octabromonated compound with 4 pyrole rings of tetrakis(4-methylpyridyl)porphine, selectively forms a complex with Cu2+ ions at pH 2.0. When 3.6×10(-5) mol/L OBTMPyP was added to the reaction mixture, the calibration curve showed good linearity for Cu2+ ions ranging from 0.01-2.2 µg (addition of 1.0 mL). A good coefficient of variation (Cu2+ ions=1.5 µg (addition of 1.0 mL), n=10, 0.8%) was obtained. The molar absorption coefficient (ε) based on Cu2+ ions was 8.5×10(4) L/molâ¢cm. This value was 6-fold greater than that determined with a clinical chemical analysis kit using the bathocuproine sulfonic acid method, which is a well-known method for spectrophotometric determination of the Cu2+ ion concentration. A deproteination method was successfully applied in the clinical analysis kit for determination of Cu2+ ion concentrations in control serum I, and the values determined using this method and the bathocuproine sulfonic acid method were almost the same.
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Copper/analysis , Porphyrins/chemistry , Spectrophotometry/methods , Cations, Divalent/chemistry , Copper/chemistry , Humans , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Molecular Structure , Temperature , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The chelate forming reaction between 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methylpyridyl)porphine (OBTMPyP) and various metal ions, which belong mainly to 4th period and 7th-12th groups in the periodic table, was examined by the observing the absorption spectra. Because one chemical spicy, H-OBTMPyP, which is one protonated compound at an N atom of pyroll ring among 4 pyroll rings, was observed at pH 9.0, this pH was used to measure the changes of absorption spectra with metal ions. From these changes of absorption spectra of OBTMPyP with metal ions, OBTMPyP were seen to react easily with Cu²âº, Zn²âº, Mn²âº, or Co²âº ion without other additional reagent or heating within 1 min at over 25 °C. On the other hand, OBTMPyP reacted little with Ni²âº, and was not all with Fe³âº (or Fe²âº) reduced by ascorbic acid from Fe³âº) under the same conditions. 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methylpyridyl)porphine (TMPyP) also did not reacted metal ions above these conditions. The λ(max) of each Soret band differed. The stability constants (Ka value) of Cu-, Zn-, Mn- and Co-OBTMPyP was calculated by the change in absorbance of each band, and was 2.6 × 105, 3.6 × 105, 2.7 × 105 and 2.9 × 105 (dm³/mol), respectively. It was revealed that OBTMPyP and metal ions reacted at molar ratio of 1:1, and octabromination of porphine rings improved the reactivity with these ions.