Additivity factors in the binding of the diethyltin(IV) cation by ligands containing amino and carboxylic groups at different ionic strengths

Complex formation constants were determined potentiometrically (by a ISE-H+, glass electrode) in the systems, M2+ – Lz – H+ [M2+ = (C2H5)2Sn2+, Lz = malonate, glycinate and ethylenediamine] at t = 25 ∘C and 0.1 mol-L−1≤ I/ ≤ 1 mol-L−1 in NaClaq (0.1 mol-L−1 ≤ I ≤ 0.75 mol-L−1 for the ethylenediamine system). Thermodynamic values of formation constants, at infinite dilution, are [± 95% confidence interval, Tβpqr refer to the equilibrium, pM2+ + qLz + rH+ = MpLqHr(2+z+r)]: for malonate, log10 Tβ110 = (5.47 ± 0.10); for glycinate, log10 Tβ110 = (9.54 ± 0.08), log10 Tβ111 = (12.97 ± 0.10); and for ethylenediamine, log10 Tβ110 = (10.47 ± 0.10), log10 Tβ120 = (16.17 ± 0.12) and log10 Tβ111 = (15.46 ± 0.10). The dependence on ionic strength of the formation constants was modeled by a simple Debye–Hückel type equation and by the SIT approach. By analyzing the stability of the species in the three different systems we found a simple additivity rule that can be expressed by the relationship: log10 K = 6.46 nN + 3.96 nO − 0.60 (nN2+ nO2), with a mean deviation, ε(log10 K) = 0.15 (K = equilibrium constant for the interaction of the organometal cation with the unprotonated or protonated ligand, nN = number of amino groups and nO = number of carboxylic groups of the ligand(s) involved in the formation reaction of complex species).