Stabilité des carboxylates de terres rares,II. Bis-hydroxyméthyl-2,2-propionates

The stability constants of 2, 2-bis-hydroxymethyl-propionates of rare earths have been determined at ionic strength 0,100 (NaClO₄) at 25.0°C by a potentiometric method. The ligand forms 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes with all the rare earths and weak 1 : 3 complexes with light rare earths only. In these last complexes, it binds in a unidentate way. The dissociation constant of the acid has also been measured.