BAPTA Amine is an excellent building block to introduce BAPTA calcium chelator into a biological molecule that contains a carbonyl group such as COOH or CHO. BAPTA (1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid) is a common calcium-specific chelator. The presence of four carboxylic acid functional groups makes BAPTA possibly binding two calcium ions. The extensive flexibility of the carboxylate ligands is critical to the coordination of calcium and other metal ions. It is commonly used to chelate Ca2+, similarly to EGTA.