TY - JOUR
T1 - Speciation of chitosan with low and high molecular weight carboxylates in aqueous solution
AU - Gianguzza, Antonio
AU - Piazzese, Daniela
AU - Cataldo, Salvatore
AU - Sammartano, Silvio
AU - De Stefano, Concetta
AU - Sammartano, Sergio
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Quantitative data on the speciation of chitosan (310 kDa) with low and high molecular weight carboxylates in aqueous solution are reported. The following carboxylic ligands were considered: monocarboxylate (butyrate); dicarboxylates (malonate, succinate, azelate); tricarboxylate (1,2,3-propa- netricarboxylate); tetracarboxylate (1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylate); polyacrylates (2.0 and 20 kDa); polymethacrylate (5.4 kDa). The investigation was performed by potentiometry at t 1/4 25 C, at low ionic strength (without addition of supporting electrolyte) and at I 1/4 0:15 mol L 1 (NaCl). For all the systems the formation of (chitosan)LHi species was found (L 1/4 carboxylic ligand; i 1/4 1 to 4 depending on the carboxylic ligand considered). The stability of proton – chitosan – carboxylate species depends on the number of carboxylic groups involved in the complexation, and it was possible to calculate a rough free energy value per bond DGn 1/4 15 2 kJ mol 1. By using the stability data, the quantitative seques- tering capacity of chitosan towards the carboxylates here considered [expressed as the – log(total chitosan concentration) necessary to bind 50% of carboxylate, i.e., pL50] was calculated for different pH values, at low ionic strength and at I 1/4 0:15 mol L 1. The pL50 values, ranging from 3 to 7, show that chitosan is quite a strong sequestering agent towards carboxylates. Evidences were also obtained for the different behaviour between low and high molecular weight carboxylates.
AB - Quantitative data on the speciation of chitosan (310 kDa) with low and high molecular weight carboxylates in aqueous solution are reported. The following carboxylic ligands were considered: monocarboxylate (butyrate); dicarboxylates (malonate, succinate, azelate); tricarboxylate (1,2,3-propa- netricarboxylate); tetracarboxylate (1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylate); polyacrylates (2.0 and 20 kDa); polymethacrylate (5.4 kDa). The investigation was performed by potentiometry at t 1/4 25 C, at low ionic strength (without addition of supporting electrolyte) and at I 1/4 0:15 mol L 1 (NaCl). For all the systems the formation of (chitosan)LHi species was found (L 1/4 carboxylic ligand; i 1/4 1 to 4 depending on the carboxylic ligand considered). The stability of proton – chitosan – carboxylate species depends on the number of carboxylic groups involved in the complexation, and it was possible to calculate a rough free energy value per bond DGn 1/4 15 2 kJ mol 1. By using the stability data, the quantitative seques- tering capacity of chitosan towards the carboxylates here considered [expressed as the – log(total chitosan concentration) necessary to bind 50% of carboxylate, i.e., pL50] was calculated for different pH values, at low ionic strength and at I 1/4 0:15 mol L 1. The pL50 values, ranging from 3 to 7, show that chitosan is quite a strong sequestering agent towards carboxylates. Evidences were also obtained for the different behaviour between low and high molecular weight carboxylates.
KW - chitosan
KW - ionic strenght.
KW - polyammonium
KW - polycarboxylate
KW - sequestration
KW - speciation
KW - chitosan
KW - ionic strenght.
KW - polyammonium
KW - polycarboxylate
KW - sequestration
KW - speciation
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/44103
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 81
EP - 91
JO - CHEMICAL SPECIATION AND BIOAVAILABILITY
JF - CHEMICAL SPECIATION AND BIOAVAILABILITY
SN - 0954-2299
ER -