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Complex Formation of Selected Trivalent Metal Ions with (4R)-Thiazolidine-4-carboxylic Acid and Some of its Derivatives

P. Butvin, J. Světlík, and D. Taligová

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, SK-832 32 Bratislava

Abstract: The complex formation of Al(III), Ga(III), In(III), Fe(III), La(III), and Ce(III) with (4R)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TCA) and some of its 2-alkyl/aryl-substituted derivatives in aqueous solutions at ionic strength I = 0.1 mol dm^-3 (NaCl) and temperature θ = 25°C was studied using the potentiometric titration method. The satisfying results were attained only for Al(III), Ga(III), and In(III) in reaction with TCA and its 2-alkyl-substituted derivatives. Other M(III) tested did not allow to evaluate their complex stability constants because of the precipitate creation or poor interaction. Further it was found that 2-aryl- or 2,2-dimethyl-substituted TCA derivatives are rapidly changed in aqueous solutions resulting in impossibility to determine their correct dissociation constants and hence to quantify the complex formation constants.

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Chemical Papers 52 (4) 205–210 (1998)