Abstract
Benzyl phosphonic acid, meta and para xylene diphosphonic acid and mesytilene triphosphonic acid were previously synthesized. Now we wanted to evaluate the ability of these compounds to complex selectively potassium and ammonium cations. We based our work on two different strategies. First we used Capillary Electrophoresis for calculating the binding constants. They enabled us to calculate the preferential binding energy, in other words the thermodynamic selectivity of complexation. Secondly, we used molecular mechanics to evaluate the difference of stability of the complexes. The results obtained in Capillary Electrophoresis appeared consistent with those obtained in molecular mechanics and, consequently, we demonstrated that mesytilene triphosphonic acid leads to the best selectivity of complexation towards ammonium and potassium cations. This complexation selectivity was shown, as an example, through the separation of four monovalent cations obtained in capillary zone electrophoresis. The evolution of complexing properties was discussed by referring to the structure of the studied phosphonic acids.
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