[Ru
II(cym)(8-HQ)Cl]
1, [Ru
II(cym)(8-HQ)(PTA)](SO
3CF
3)
2, [Ru
II(cym)(PCA)Cl]Cl
3, and the internal standard [tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III)] [Co(acac)
3] were prepared according to literature procedures.
8–10 ,27 Water (18 MΩ) used throughout these experiments was obtained from a Millipore
Milli-Q Gradient Water Purification System. Methanol was purchased from Macron Fine Chemicals
TM. The background electrolyte (BGE) for the CE studies was a 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) which was prepared from H
2O (18 MΩ), NaH
2PO
4·2H
2O (99%, AK Scientific), and Na
2HPO
4·2H
2O (≥99.5%, Sigma-Aldrich). Reagents used for CE conditioning were
NaOH (1.0 M, Agilent Technologies) and HCl (36.5-38%, J.T. Baker).
Protein interaction studies were carried out using
HSA (≥99%, Sigma-Aldrich,
A3782 fatty acid free) and Tf (≥98%, Sigma-Aldrich). Interactions with cell medium and
human serum were investigated using αMEM cell culture medium (Life Technologies) spiked with 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Moregate BioTech), and
human serum (from human male AB plasma, US origin, sterile filtered, Sigma-Aldrich), respectively.
HSA binding site displacement studies were conducted with Wf (≥97%, Sigma-Aldrich), Ds (≥99.5%, Sigma-Aldrich), and
HSA (lyophilized powder, ≥96%, Sigma-Aldrich,
A1653).
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