The equilibrium problems, characterized by recurring end-points, involved in the reaction of iron (III) with iodide make the batch iodometric determination of iron (III) unsuitable. Since the flow injection determination does not require attainment of steady state either for mixing of reagents or for the chemical reaction, the iodometric determination has been accurately and precisely performed...

In this study, we show that Bacteroides species utilize Fe(III)-xenosiderophores as the only source of exogenous iron to support growth under iron-limiting conditions in vitro anaerobically. Bacteroides fragilis was the only species able to utilize Fe(III)-ferrichrome while Bacteroides vulgatus ATCC 8482 and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI 5482 were able to utilize both Fe(III)-enterobactin an...

For decades, a link between increased levels of iron and areas of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology has been recognized, including AD lesions comprised of the peptide β-amyloid (Aβ). Despite many observations of this association, the relationship between Aβ and iron is poorly understood. Using X-ray microspectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, electron microscopy and spectrophotometric ir...

The cells of the green unicellular alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus Böhl, strain R-83 released organic chelators for Fe(III) in inorganic nutrient medium both in iron-deficient and in iron-replete conditions. Iron-deficient cells released chelators capable to bind 11nmol Fe. mg (cell DW)–1.h–1, while the chelators released from iron-sufficient cells after contact with Fe(III) were sufficient to b...

The iron(III)tetraphenylporphyrin chloride Fe(III)TPPCl, iron(III)tetra-naphthylporphyrin Fe(III)TNPCl, ?-oxo-bis[tetraphenylporphyriniron(III)] [(Fe(III)TPP)2O], ?-oxo-bis[tetranaphthylporphyriniron(III)] [(Fe(III)TNP)2O], tin(IV)tetraphenylporphyrin Sn(IV)TPPCl2 and tin(IV)tetra-naphthylporphyrin Sn(IV)TNPCl2 complexes were all found to be adsorbed onto the montmorillonite MMT clay without de...

Numerous cellular functions including respiration require iron. Plants and phytoplankton must also maintain the iron-rich photosynthetic electron transport chain, which most likely evolved in the iron-replete reducing environments of the Proterozoic ocean [1]. Iron bioavailability has drastically decreased in the contemporary ocean [1], most likely selecting for the evolution of efficient iron ...

The discovery of an iron(III)-selective ratiometric fluorescent probe to detect and visualize endogenous labile iron pools in living organisms at the molecular level has been long awaited. Herein we report the first dual colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent probe naphtho[2,1-b][1,10]phenanthroline for selective and 'direct' visualization of labile iron(III) pools in a multicellular organism...

This work presents the first combined experimental and computational study that gives evidence of the electrophilic reactivity of a nonheme iron(III)-hydroperoxo species. We show that in contrast to their heme counterparts the nonheme iron(III)-hydroperoxo complexes are catalytically much more active and even more so than nonheme iron(IV)-oxo species.

DFT calculated barriers for C-H activation of 1,4-cyclohexadiene by nonheme iron(IV)-oxo and iron(III)-superoxo species show that the experimental trends can be explained if the spin inversion probability of the TMC iron(IV)-oxo is assumed to be poor. Also, the TMC iron(III)-superoxo reaction proceeds with an endothermic O(2)-binding energy followed by an intrinsically reactive quintet state.