Light green copper(II)-wool samples prepared under conditions of pH < 5 have been treated for short periods at about pH 11.5. The color changes and the electron spin resonance spectra of these new samples are described. All observations are con sistent with the metal ion being transferred from the carboxylate binding sites of the light green complex to new ones involving nitrogen donor groups.
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