Complexes of vitamin B6—XV quaternary complexes involving pyridoxamine,glycine and ethylenediamine with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn

The formation constants of quaternary Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn complexes comprising pyridoxamine as a first, glycine as a second and ethylenediamine as a third ligand were determined by pH-metric titration at I = 0.5 M NaNO₃ and 30°. The complexes are generally protonated in which the ligands may act as bidentate as well as monodentate. The formation of the quaternary species is discussed in relation to pertinent binary and ternary species. The validity of the Van Panthaleon van Eck equation was also tested.