Abstract Potential metal chelators containing one or several acyltetronic acid moieties were prepared from cyclic or acyclic amines and polyamines, and from bis (phenols) by reaction with 1–4 equiv of 3-bromoacetyltetronic acid in the presence of potassium carbonate. The affinity constants of the chelating agents for toxic metallic cations Cd 2+, Cs+, and Pb 2+ and for dimethylarsinic acid were measured, at pH 7.5 and 9.3. Compound 4, an acyclic ...
[Miranda, Carlos; Escarti, Francisco; Lamarque, Laurent; Yunta, Maria J. R.; Navarro, Pilar; Garcia-Espana, Enrique; Jimeno, M. Luisa Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004 , vol. 126, # 3 p. 823 - 833]
