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Speciation of tin(II) in aqueous solution: thermodynamic and spectroscopic study of simple and mixed hydroxocarboxylate complexes

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This contribution reports the results of potentiometric and Mössbauer investigations on the formation, stability, and structure of binary and ternary mono- and binuclear complexes of Sn2+ with three hydroxocarboxylic ligands (namely L = tartrate, malate, and citrate) and chloride at T = 298.15 K in different ionic media and ionic strengths (0.15 and 1.00 mol dm−3 in NaCl(aq) and 1.00 mol dm−3 in NaNO3(aq)). The stability constants of various simple Sn i H j L (2i+j−kz) k and mixed Sn i H j L k Cl (2i+j−kz−l) l species obtained in the different experimental conditions are reported, and various speciation diagrams of the simple and mixed systems are shown in different conditions. The sequestering ability of the three ligands toward Sn2+ was assessed by means of the calculation of the pL0.5 parameter at different ionic strengths and in the different ionic media. The effect of the chloride anion on the stability of various species and on the sequestering ability of the investigated ligands toward Sn2+ was also evaluated. The structural results obtained by Mössbauer spectroscopy supported the speciation schemes obtained by the potentiometric investigations and indicated the possible trigonal bipyramidal arrangement of various Sn2+/ligand species. Measurements at different temperatures were also performed in the case of citrate, in order to estimate the temperature dependence of the stability of these species. A modified version of the computer program STACO is briefly presented here for the first time and allows the simultaneous determination of the stability constants and the enthalpy changes of various species from potentiometric titrations at different temperatures.

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The authors thank the Universities of Messina and Palermo for partial financial support.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d’Alcontres, 31, 98166, Messina, Vill. S. Agata, Italy

    Rosalia Maria Cigala, Francesco Crea, Concetta De Stefano, Demetrio Milea & Silvio Sammartano

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Michelangelo Scopelliti

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Cigala, R.M., Crea, F., De Stefano, C. et al. Speciation of tin(II) in aqueous solution: thermodynamic and spectroscopic study of simple and mixed hydroxocarboxylate complexes. Monatsh Chem 144, 761–772 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-013-0961-3

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