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Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectral assignments of phosphorus compounds in soil NaOH–EDTA extracts

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Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectral assignments of phosphorus compounds in soil NaOH–EDTA extracts

Turner, B. ; Mahieu, N. ; Condron, Leo M.
Type: Journal Article
Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/10182/1304
Originally published: 2003 by Soil Science Society of America and available at http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/67/2/497
Rights: Copyright © 2003 Soil Science Society of America
Keywords: soil; phosphorus; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Agronomy & Agriculture
Fields of Research: 05 Environmental Sciences; 06 Biological Sciences; 07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences

Abstract:

Soil P composition can be conveniently determined in alkaline extracts using solution ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, but spectral assignments are based on fragmentary literature reports of model compounds in various extraction matrices. We report solution ³¹P NMR chemical shifts of model P compounds, including inorganic phosphates, orthophosphate monoesters and diesters, phosphonates, and organic polyphosphates, determined in a standardized soil P extractant (0.25 M NaOH and 0.05 M EDTA). Signals from nucleic acids (DNA -0.37 ppm, RNA 0.54 ppm) and phospholipids (phosphatidyl choline 0.78 ppm, phosphatidyl serine 1.57 ppm, phosphatidyl ethanolamine 1.75 ppm) could be differentiated in the orthophosphate diester region, and were identified in a sample of cultured soil bacteria. Inorganic and organic polyphosphates could be differentiated by the presence of a signal at -9 ppm from the phosphate of organic polyphosphates. Some orthophosphate diesters, notably RNA and phosphatidyl choline, degraded rapidly to orthophosphate monoesters in NaOH–EDTA although DNA, other phospholipids, and orthophosphate monoesters were more stable. Changes in probe temperature had a marked influence on signal intensities and the relative magnitude of signals from orthophosphate monoesters and inorganic orthophosphate, and we suggest that solution ³¹P NMR spectroscopy of soil extracts be performed at 20°C.

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