ABSTRACTFormation constants for H+, Ba2+, Sr2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Ni2+, La3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Eu3+, Y3+, Tb3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, Tm3+, Yb3+, and Lu3+ with N-methyliminodiacetate(MIDA2-), L-2-(Carboxymethyl)iminodiacetate (CIDA3-), Iminodisuccinate(IDSA4-), and N-carboxymethyliminodisuccinate (MAIDSA5-) complexes are reported either from laboratory determinations using pH potentiometry, or from a detailed literature survey, or from the use of such constants in linear free energy relationships to compute the unpublished constants. The ligands studied form a homologous series of general formula HN—(CH2—C02−)n shown as the four ligands in Figure 1 in which the number of electron donor sites varies from 3 to 6. Such constants are of use in the computer simulation of the chemical speciation of multi-metal, multi-ligand complex systems such as those encountered in detergent scenarios in the environment.
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