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Complexation Between Aluminum Ion and Glycolic Acid Under Acidic Condition

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The complexation between Al3+ ([Al(H2O)6]3+) and glycolic acid (GA, C2H4O3) which has a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group in a molecule was investigated under acidic condition using 27Al NMR, 13C NMR and ESI–MS techniques. The five peaks including a peak due to Al3+ were observed in 27Al NMR spectra for the mixed solution of Al3+ and GA, suggesting the existence of at least four Al-GA complexes. The results of NMR and ESI–MS measurements revealed that GA and Al3+ can form one monodentate complex (AlGA2+) and three bidentate complexes (AlGA+, AlGA2−, and AlGA33−) complexes. From the deconvolution of 27Al NMR spectra and pKa value of GA, the conditional formation constants (log10 K) of each complex (GA/Al molar ratio of 25 in mixed solution) can be determined to be 0.94 (AlGA2+), − 0.96 (AlGA+), − 0.77 (AlGA2−) and − 2.21 (AlGA33−), respectively. In addition, the overall formation constant of three bidentate complex at pH 3 was also calculated to be − 1.65.

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The measurement of ESI-MS was made at the Institute of Chemical Materials and Engineering, Kyushu University.

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    Mayumi Etou & Takanori Inoue

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744, Motooka, Nishi-Ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Toshifumi Taketatsu, Yoshihiro Okaue & Takushi Yokoyama

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Etou, M., Taketatsu, T., Okaue, Y. et al. Complexation Between Aluminum Ion and Glycolic Acid Under Acidic Condition. J Solution Chem 52, 1318–1328 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-023-01319-7

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