The ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid complexes of the alkaline earth ions, Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Mn(II), Pb(II), Bi(III), Ce(III), Al(III), Fe(III), Cr(III), Th(IV), and V(IV) in aqueous solution were studied by infrared spectroscopy using deuterium oxide as the solvent. The effect of solution acidity upon the spectra was determined and from this stability constants were estimated for several of the chelate systems. The shift in peak position and area for the carboxylate-- carboxylic acid absorption band was used to propose structures for the complexes in solution. The data indicate that there is some tendency for metalnitrogen coordination in the alkaline earth- EDTA chelates, but that such bonding is present to a much greater extent with the complexes of the divalent transition metal ions. The structures proposed for the Fe(III), Al(III), and Cr(III) complexes are more complex and involve hydroxide groups as well as the EDTA ligand. (auth)
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