Potentiometric study of reactions of rare-earth elements with 3-allylpentanedione in a water-dioxane medium

Reactions of the ions of La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, and Lu with 3-allylpentanedione (HL) in a water-dioxane (50 vol%) medium were studied by pH-metric titration. Stability constants of LnL²⁺ and LnL ₂ ⁺ complexes and pH range where these compounds are mainly formed were determined. The dependence of the stability constants on the atomic number of an element has a characteristic break on the gadolinium ion and shows that the stability of the complexes increases as the size of Ln³⁺ ions decreases.     

Spectrophotometric investigation of the hetero-association of caffeine and thiazine dye in aqueous solution

The self-association of thiazine dye, Methylene Blue (MB), and its hetero-association with Caffeine (CAF), were studied in aqueous solution by means of spectrophotometry in the visible range of spectrum. Concentration and temperature dependences of molar absorption of the interacting molecules were used to analyse dynamic equilibrium in solution in terms of two-component model of molecular hetero-association. The magnitudes of equilibrium dimerization and hetero-association constants as well as thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy and entropy, were determined. The calculation of the fraction of different types of associates in the mixed solution, containing Methylene Blue and Caffeine, was done. It was concluded that the hetero-association of Methylene Blue and Caffeine molecules results in lower effective concentration of the dye in solution, which may account for the alteration of its biological activity.