Properties of Metals in Solutions

Cation Sulfide Cysteine Glycine NH3 Imidazole Acetate 

Values for the association constants were obtained from Madsen (1963), Smith and Martell (1976) and Sillen and Martell (1971). 

A further complication in the identification of target sites and chemical forms of metals is the kinetic lability of coordinate covalent bonds. Metal ligands exchange rapidly in and out of the coordination sphere, in particular for first-row transition metals. This kinetic lability varies between metals, and, as indicated above, is influenced by the nature of the ligand, whether mono- or multidentate, and by the pH and ionic strength of its immediate environment. Copper, for example, forms relatively low affinity complexes with albumin or amino acids, but is tightly bound to ceruloplasmin. Similarly, mercury and cadmium form kinetically labile complexes with amino acids, glutathione, or albumin, but more stable chelates with metallothionein. 

Fraction (Cr) = ImM Krebs-Ringer medium (Cr) = 126 mM Sea water (Cr) = 515mA/ 

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