Eg. Ferrer et al., INTERACTION OF THE VANADYL(IV) CATION WITH L-ASCORBIC-ACID AND RELATED SYSTEMS, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 53(2), 1998, pp. 256-262
The interaction of VO2+ with L-ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid
was investigated by electronic spectroscopy in solution at different p
H values. In the case of ascorbic acid, two different solid complexes
containing one or two monodeprotonated ascorbate ligands could be isol
ated and characterized. With dehydroascorbic acid. interaction begins
al pH = 4 but at higher pH values the ligand is hydrolysed irreversibl
y, generating 2,3-diketogulonic acid. A solid complex containing this
ligand could be precipitated at pH = 7. Its spectroscopic behavior con
firms the interaction of the cation with an enolised form of the acid.