“…The I VI in the initial product is probably substitutional by water at a very slow rate due to the substituted inertness of Co III and also the Co II -OIO 3 bond being stronger than Co-H 2 O bond. The oxidation of cobalt(II) complexes of propylenediaminetetraacetate (PDTA) [20], 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropanetetraacetate (HPDTA) [20], diethylenetriamine-pentaacetate (DPTA) [21], trimethylenediaminetetraacetate (TMDTA) [22] and ethyleneglycol,bis(2-aminoethyl)ether,N,N,N 0 ,N 0 -tetraacetate (EGTA) [22] by periodate gave only the final product.…”