Research Article

Speciation Studies of Diorganotin(IV) Complexes with 3,3-Bis(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)propionate—Displacement Reaction by DNA Constituents

Table 1

Formation constants of organotin(IV) complexes with 3,3-bis(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)propionate in water for DMT and in 50% (v/v) dioxane-water solution for DBT and DPT, at 25°C and 0.1 M ionic strength.

Organotin(IV) logβ b

DMT0117.11 (0.01)
01211.31 (0.02)
01313.49 (0.03)
10−1 −3.39 (0.01)
10−2 −8.99 (0.01)
10−3 −19.83 (0.01)
10−4 −31.30 (0.01)
20−2 −3.92 (0.01)
110 9.47 (0.02)
120 14.78 (0.11)
11−1 4.70 (0.11)

DBT011 6.66 (0.01)
012 10.98 (0.02)
013 14.43 (0.02)
10−1−4.39 (0.01)
10−2−15.05 (0.02)
20−1−1.41 (0.04)
11010.56 (0.06)
12014.72 (0.09)

DPT011 6.66 (0.01)
01210.98 (0.02)
013 14.43 (0.02)
10−1 −2.82 (0.10)
10−2−13.58 (0.10)
20−12.07 (0.10)
11011.43 (0.03)
12015.87 (0.04)

The p, q, and r are the stoichiometric coefficients corresponding to organotin(IV), 3,3-bis(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)propionate, and H+, respectively; bStandard deviations are given in parentheses.