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Metal complexes of bilirubin in aprotic solvents
The Biochemical Journal
|June 1, 1973
Abstract:
Bilirubin reacts with zinc acetate, cadmium acetate or cobaltous acetate in dry dipolar aprotic solvents to form highly coloured complexes. The complex formed in NN-dimethylformamide can be isolated as a solid with bilirubin:zinc:acetate:NN-dimethylformamide molar proportions of 1:3:2:2. Water will decompose these complexes, with the regeneration of bilirubin.