Ligand substitution reactions indium

Another way to slow substitution is to covalently bond a ligand to silica— compare bonding ligands to monoclonal antibodies above. Oxine bound to silica reacts much more slowly with Al, for example, than when it is in solution. Another example of slow substitution at Al is related to the indium chemistry mentioned above, involving its slow transfer from its transferrin complex by reaction with iron(III)-citrate to form the much more stable combination of iron-transferrin and aluminum-citrate complexes. Further examples of slow substitution kinetics involving ferritin will be found in the iron(III) section (Section 8.3.4). 

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