| Abstract: | Abstract The protonation constants of pentaethylenehexaamineoctaacetic acid, PHOA, were determined by potentiometric titration in aqueous solution at an ionic strength of 0.10 M KNO3 and at 25°C. The formation constants of various metal-PHOA complexes were also obtained by titrating mixtures of metal to ligand in molar ratios of 1:1 and 2:1. Calculations were performed with the computer program BEST. Individual formation constants are reported for Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Hg(II) and Pb(II) with PHOA as well as their related protonated species. The stabilities of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes are similar in many respects to complexes formed with tetraethylenepentaamineheptaacetic acid (TPHA). The similarities in the stabilities of both the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes with PHOA and those with TPHA are explained in terms of ligand denticity and steric effects. Mercury(II)-PHOA complexes exhibited the highest formation constants, followed by copper(II)-PHOA complexes which had higher log K ML's than those for Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II). |
