Am 29.03.2013 02:05, schrieb JD:
> Would someone please answer the following three questions about the chelation
> compound Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). This is for my personal
> knowledge and is not for any exam or homework.
<laugh> It's Ok ;-)
> 1. If an aqueous solution of EDTA is poured into another aqueous solution
> containing a metal compound (such as Iron sulfate), does the EDTA separate the
> Iron ions from the sulfate ions by binding just to the Iron ions
EDTA encloses the metal ions.
It's German website but one figure should tell more than thousand words:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelatkomplexe
> and the sulfate
> ions remain behind in the aqueous solution?
Yes.
> 2. Does the metallic compound that is to be sequestered by EDTA have to be in a
> solution like water that separates the compound into ions before it can be
> sequestered by EDTA?
I am not specialist for inorganic chemistry but i guess you are on right.
> Can EDTA work in an ethanol solution containing an
> organo-metallic compound if the ethanol solution does not dissolve or
> disassociates the compound into ions.
I don't think so.
> 3. Lets say that we have a trace amount (picogram) of a chemical compound on the
> surface of paper in chromatography that we need to locate. But because of its
> trace amount, its optical density precludes a color reaction that we can see
> with the naked eye. Can EDTA be used as a bridge to attach itself (bind) to the
> trace amount of chemical compound and concurrently to a larger amount of another
> chemical compound that can readily give a color reaction with a reagent. In this
> way, the trace amount of chemical compound (which is too limited in amount to
> give a color reaction that can be seen with the unaided human eye) can be
> detected and located by a color reagent reaction with the larger attached
> compound?
For some metal other reagant can be used. I remember a very sensitive
proof for Aluminum using Morin in Acetic Acid and ultraviolet light.
> In other words, can EDTA serves as a bridge or connection between the
> two different chemical compounds such that the color reaction to one compound be
> used to detect and thus locate a smaller picogram compound on a paper substrate?
To make a long story short: You want to use EDTA as a kind of intensifier?!
> Any help would be apprecaited!
Because it is a quite interesting question i do cross post to German
speaking group. It's a little bit more traffic over there - and the
chance is good that the friend try to answer in english.
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