Enthalpy changes and stability constants of the complexes between various metal cations and formylcarboxylate have been measured using potentiometric and titration calorimetric methods, in an ionic medium of o.1 M(NaClO₄) at 25℃. The metal cations...
Enthalpy changes and stability constants of the complexes between various metal cations and formylcarboxylate have been measured using potentiometric and titration calorimetric methods, in an ionic medium of o.1 M(NaClO₄) at 25℃. The metal cations studied in this work are bivalent ions of the first transition metal series and trivalent lanthanide series. The formylcarboxylates, used in this work as the ligands are 2-formylbenzoate, 4-formylbenzoate and glyoxylate. For the bivalent transition metal complexes, the order of Mn^2+< Co^2+< Ni^2+< Cu^2+> Zn^2+ has been found to hold for the stability of all complexes irrespective of the nature of the coordinated ligand. All copper formylcarboxylate complexes are formed with abnormally large endothermic enthalpy change, due to the tetragonal distortion of the octahedral symmetry, as a result of Jahn-Teller effect. For the trivalent lanthanide complexes, glyoxylate forms more stable complexes with the heavier lanthanide cations while 2-formylbenzoate and 4-formylbenzoate are similar to each other regardless of the atomic number of the elements. That order of the basicities of the ligands is glyoxylate< 4-formylbenzoate< 2-formylbenzoate does not consistence with the sequence of the stability of their complexes which is 4-formylbenzoate< glyoxylate< 2-formylbenzoate for a given transition metal and lanthanide elements. From the relation between the bascity and characteristic structure of the ligands it can be proposed that 2-formylbenzoate ligand may react strained seven-membered ring. The glyoxylate complex formation, appears to offer a more favorable orientation then the case of other two ligands, but reaction here may be inhibited by conversion of this acid by hydration to its gem-diol form. The 4-formylbenzoate ligand forms more stable complex with the metal ion through a conjugate π system then expected from its basicity, resulting of such a intealigand charge polarization in the complexation.