ISSN 0036ꢀ0236, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 616–621. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2012.
Original Russian Text © V.I. Kornev, M.G. Semenova, 2012, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 681–686.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
OF SOLUTIONS
Nickel(II) Complexes with 2ꢀHydroxyethyliminodioacetic Acid
in Aqueous Solutions of Dicarboxylic Acids
V. I. Kornev and M. G. Semenova
Udmurt State University, Krasnoarmeiskaya ul. 71, Izhevsk, 426034 Russia
Received February 25, 2010
Abstract—The equilibria in binary and ternary systems containing a nickel(II) salt, 2ꢀhydroxyethyliminodiꢀ
acetic acid, and dicarboxylates were studied by spectrophotometric and potentiometric methods with
NaClO4 as the supporting electrolyte at I = 0.1 and T = 20 2°C. The molar and protic composition and the
pH regions of existence of the complexes were determined, the stability constants of complexes containing
the same or different ligands were determined. The fractional distribution of the complexes as the function of
acidity was elucidated. The experimental data were treated using mathematical models to estimate the possiꢀ
bility of existence of a broad range of complex species in solution and to distinguish the species that are sufꢀ
ficient to take into account for reproducing the experimental results.
DOI: 10.1134/S0036023612040146
Nickel(II) compounds (chlorides, sulfates, phosꢀ
(H2Ox), malonic (H2Mal), and succinic (H2Suc)
phates, formates, and so on) find wide use in various acids), as this would open up the way for developing
fields of industry as tanning extracts, nickelꢀplating
electrolytes, phosphate etching materials, and so on.
2ꢀHydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, which forms comꢀ
plexes with many metals, is used as an effective comꢀ
plexing agent. The ability of this compound to form
metal ion complexes of various composition, charge,
and stability and its high water solubility served as preꢀ
requisites for the use of this chelating agent as an effecꢀ
tive eluent in the separation of lanthanides [1–4].
Dicarboxylic acids are used in various fields of
industry including the production of varnishes and
paints, synthetic fibers, and food products, while
dicarboxylic acid amides (dipeptides) coordinated to
micronutrient metals are known as biologically active
medicinal agents [5].
Nickel is also a biologically active metal. The
excessive “technologyꢀinduced” nickel(II) comꢀ
pounds that get into the body are toxic for the metabꢀ
olism and carcinogenic for cells [6].
Recent years have seen advantageous development
of studies into metal coordination compounds conꢀ
taining chelating agents. The formation of chelates in
the presence of additional ligands often markedly
enhances their functional activity, which may be
caused by electron density redistribution, increase in
the stability of the complex species, increase in the
reactivity, formation of new structural entities, etc.;
this considerably extends the scope of their applicaꢀ
tion.
complexing compositions with a preꢀspecified set of
properties.
The complexes of 2ꢀhydroxyethyliminodiacetic
acid with nickel(II) were studied repeatedly by various
methods. A potentiometric study at
[7], 25 [8, 9], and 30 [10] showed the presence of
[NiHeida] (log = 9.28 [7], 9.15 [8], 9.33 [9], 9.50
[10]) and [NiHeida2]2– complexes (log
= 14.25 [7],
14.18 [9], 14.65 [10]). According to spectrophotomeꢀ
I = 0.1 and T = 20
°
С
β
β
try at
(log
plexes exist [11].
I
= 0.1 (NaClO4) and
T
= 20
°
С
, the [NiHeida]
β
= 9.52) and [NiHeida2]2– (log
β = 13.90) comꢀ
Nickel(II) complexes with dicarboxylic acids have
also been repeatedly studied but the results are quite
contradictory as regards both the composition and the
stability constants of the complexes. To our knowlꢀ
edge, no data on differentꢀligand nickel(II) complexes
with H2Heida and dicarboxylic acids are present in the
literature.
For understanding of the complexation processes
in ternary systems, knowledge of the processes that
occur in the corresponding binary systems is needed.
Since the published data on the Ni(II) complexes conꢀ
taining one sort of the ligands are contradictory, we
studied in detail the complexation in binary systems
under identical experimental conditions in order to
determine more precisely the composition and the staꢀ
bility constants of Ni(II) complexes with these
reagents. Nickel(II) dicarboxylates were studied preꢀ
viously [12]. Also a review of publications dealing with
Ni(II) dicarboxylates was presented [12]. Here we
Thus, it appears pertinent to study the quantitative
characteristics of the reactions of nickel(II) with 2ꢀ
hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid (H2Heida) in the
presence of saturated dicarboxylic acids (oxalic report the study of the Ni(II)–H2Heida system.
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