Carbonate binding to copper(II) in solution: Mixed-ligand complex formation and its application to the isolation and separation of the three isomers of [Cu(bpp)(H2O)][ClO4]2 [bpp = 2,6-bis(pyrrolidin-2-yl)pyridine]

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/b111501b

The binding of the carbonate anion to [Cu(meso-bpp)(H₂O)]²⁺ and rac-[Cu(bpp)(H₂O)]²⁺ [bpp = 2,6-bis(pyrrolidin-2-yl)pyridine] in aqueous solution has been investigated. Formation constants of the carbonato compl