Rigorous Potentiometric Determination of Metal Complexes Stability Constants: An Undergraduate Laboratory Practice
Graciela M. Escandar and Luis Federico Sala* Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
In the present work an undergraduate laboratory practice is described corresponding to both experimental and computational methods used in potentiometric equilibrium constants determinations. As an example of these determinations the system formed by Cu(II) and D-galacturonic acid was selected. Both the deprotonation constant for the ligand and the equilibrium constants for the metal chelates were determined by using the program BEST.
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Citation
Sala, Luis Federico, Escandar, Graciela M. J. Chem. Educ.1997 74 1329.
Keywords
Analytical Chemistry, Equilibrium, Metals, and Electrochemistry
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