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STABILITYCONSTANTSFORMETALIONCOMPLEXES

TheequilibriumMLn1 +LMLn,whereMdenotesametalionandLaligand,hasstepwisestabilityconstants:
Kn =[MLn]/[MLn1][L]dm3 mol1
Forexample,Cu(H2O)3CI+(aq)+CI (aq)Cu(H2O)2CI2(aq)+H2Ohasthestabilityconstant:
K2 =[Cu(H2O)2CI2]/[Cu(H2O)3CI+][CI]dm3 mol1,whereIgK2 =1.6
Ifatotalofpligandions(ormolecules)canformacomplex,theoverallstabilityconstantis:
K(p) =K1K2Kp =[MLp]/[M][L]p dm3p molp

ValuesofKn andK(p) areverysensitivetotemperatureandtotheconcentrationofotherionspresent.Valuesgivenhere

areforinfinitedilutioninpurewaterandmayhavebeencalculatedfromaformularatherthanmeasured.

Ion
2+

Cu(H2O)4

Fe2+
Fe3+
Co2+
Ni2+
Ag+
Zn2+
Cd2+
Hg2+

A
B

Ligand

IgK1

CI
NH3

C7H5O3A
C6H6O2B
OH
SCN
F
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3
CN
NH3
CN

2.80
4.25
10.6
17.0
5.7
2.95
5.30
1.99
2.67
3.32
2.18
2.51
5.18
8.8
18.00

IgK2

IgK3

IgK4

IgK5

1.60
3.61
6.3
8.0

0.49
2.98

0.73
2.24

0.52

1.94
4.46
1.51
2.12
3.92
2.25
1.96
4.42
8.7
16.70

1.4
3.22
0.93
1.61

0.8
2.00
0.64
1.07

0.02
0.36
0.06
0.63

2.31
1.30
4.32
1.0
3.83

1.96
0.79
3.19
0.8
2.98

IgK(p)(T)

T/K

5.62
13.08
16.9
25.0

4
4
2
2

291
291

7.1
15.34
4.39
8.01
7.23
8.70
6.65
17.11
19.3
41.52

5
5
6
6
2
4
4
4
4
4

298
298
303
303
298
303
303
298
295
293

2hydroxybenzoate
1,2dihydroxybenzene

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STABILITYCONSTANTSFORMETALIONEDTACOMPLEXESAT293K

Inallcasestheseare1:1complexes.
EDTAisethylenediaminetetraaceticacid(systematicnamebis[bis(carboxymethyl)amino]ethane).
Ion

IgK

Ion

IgK

Ag+
AI3+
Ba2+
Ca2+
Cd2+
Co2+
Co3+
Cu2+
Fe2+

7.3
16.1
7.8
10.7
16.6
16.3
36in0.1MKCl
18.8
14.3

Fe3+
Hg2+
Mg2+
Mn2+
Na+
Ni2+
Pb2+
Sr2+
Zn2+

25.1
21.8
8.7
14.0
1.7in0.1MKCI
18.6
18.0
8.6
16.5

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