Complexation of Co(II) with phosphonomethylaminosuccinic acid in solutions

Complexation in the Co(II)-phosphonomethylaminosuccinic acid (H₄L) system in aqueous solutions at component ratios of 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 and c _Co(II) = 1 × 10^?2 mol/L was studied by electronic absorption spectroscopy. The formation of various protonated complexes of the general formula Co(H _n L) _m (OH) _q (n = 3?0; m = 1?C2; q = 0?C2) was found, and their stability constants and distribution diagrams were calculated. It was demonstrated that the bis complexes have the structure of a distorted octahedron, and the octahedron ?? tetrahedron rearrangement of the coordination polyhedron occurs in the equimolar complexes at pH > 8.