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. 2021 Nov 30;26(23):7280. doi: 10.3390/molecules26237280

Table 1.

Experimental stability constants 1 of Cu2+/3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone species obtained by different analytical techniques at I = 0.15 mol L−1 in NaCl(aq), T = 298.15 K and p = 0.1 MPa.

logβpqr (logKpqr)
Species Potentiometry UV–Vis Spectrophotometry Average Stability Constants 2
CuH(L1)+ 14.23 ± 0.04 3 (4.28) - -
Cu(L1)0(aq) 9.76 ± 0.06 - -
CuH2(L2)2+ 24.98 ± 0.02 3 (5.46) 24.93 ± 0.05 3 (5.41) 24.95 ± 0.07 4 (5.43)
CuH(L2)+ 21.75 ± 0.03 (11.02) 21.00 ± 0.04 (10.27) 21.37 ± 0.30 (10.64)
Cu(L2)0(aq) 15.10 ± 0.10 14.48 ± 0.105 14.79 ± 0.26
CuH2(L3)2+ 26.93 ± 0.02 3 (6.26) - -
Cu(L3)H+ 22.84 ± 0.03 (11.85) - -
Cu(L3)0(aq) 15.95 ± 0.03 - -
CuH2(L4)2+ 25.65 ± 0.02 3 (5.21) 25.66 ± 0.04 3 (5.22) 25.65 ± 0.01 4 (5.21)
CuH(L4)+ 21.63 ± 0.03 (10.53) 21.78 ± 0.02 (10.68) 21.70 ± 0.04 (10.60)
Cu(L4)0(aq) 15.62 ± 0.07 15.62 ± 0.05 15.62 ± 0.06
CuH(L5)2+ 20.00 ± 0.03 3 (8.92) 20.241 ± 0.006 3 (9.161) 20.12 ± 0.09 4 (9.04)
Cu(L5)+ 12.62 ± 0.06 12.67 ± 0.04 12.64 ± 0.04

1 logβpqr and logKpqr refer to Equations (2) and (1), respectively; 2 data obtained by an average of potentiometric and UV–Vis spectrophotometric data; 3 ±Std. Dev.; 4 errors on weighed data. Standard uncertainties: u(T) = 0.1 K; u(I) = 0.01 mol L−1.