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Iron overload is a medical condition where the body cannot cope with abnormally high level...

Iron overload is a medical condition where the body cannot cope with abnormally high levels of iron in the system. Chelation therapy by administering desferri- oxamine, 7.31, is used to treat the problem. Suggest the origin of the name chelation therapy. What form should the non be in for the therapy to be most effective? Suggest how the therapy works using com­pound 7.31; donor sites in the ligand are marked with red arrows and the OH groups can be dcprotonated.

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