Spectrophotometric determination of the dissociation constants of n.n'-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithio-oxamide

The dissociation constants of N, N'-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithio-oxamide were determined by a spectrophotometric method. The dissociation constants were calculated by means of a weighted least squares technique. N, N'-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithio-oxamide was found to be a dibasic acid with a thermodynamic dissociation constant pK1-11/04. At ionic strength μ - 0.5, pK1 - 10.71 and pK2 13.92.