文摘
The synthesis of commercial EDDHA produces o,o-EDDHA as the main reaction product, togetherwith a mixture of regioisomers (o,p-EDDHA and p,p-EDDHA) and other unknown byproducts alsoable to complex Fe3+. These compounds have been obtained by direct synthesis, and their structureshave been determined by ESI-MS analysis as oligomeric EDDHA-like products, formed bypolysubstitution in the phenolic rings. Short-term experiments show that the iron complexes of samplesenriched in these oligomeric byproducts have adequate stability in solution, but a significant amountof them is lost after interaction with soils and soil materials. Mildly chlorotic cucumber plants are ableto reduce iron better from o,p-EDDHA/Fe3+ than from the iron complexes of the oligomeric byproducts.In hydroponics, the chlorotic soybean susceptible plants have a lower potential for Fe absorptionfrom these byproducts than from o,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ and from o,p-EDDHA/Fe3+. In the studiedconditions, the iron chelates of EDDHA byproducts do not have the long-lasting effect shown byo,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ and present a less efficient fast-action effect than the o,p-EDDHA/Fe3+.Keywords: Iron chelates; fertilizers; o,o-EDDHA; o,p-EDDHA