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Topic: Would Iron(III) Chloride react with tyrosine to induce a colour change?  (Read 604 times)

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Offline crustd

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I'm trying to do a protease assay, but my school doesn't have Phenol reagant. Is it possible to use Iron(III) chloride to react with the tyrosine. Would there be a noticeable colour change that is quantifiable without a spectrophotometer? To my knowledge, tyrosine has a phenol group and I read that Iron(III) chloride would react with phenol groups. Also, what concentration of Iron(III) Chloride solution would be adequate and in what amount?

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Re: Would Iron(III) Chloride react with tyrosine to induce a colour change?
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2020, 04:00:00 PM »
I would say Yes. The best is try and error.

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