Synthesis and complexing properties of polyazamacrocycles with pendant N-methylenephosphinic acid

Abstract
Two new polyazamacrocycles 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-1,4,7-triyltrimethylenetris(phosphinic acid)(H3L1) and 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrayltetramethylenetetrakis(phosphinic acid)(H4L2) were synthesised and their acid–base and complexing properties with Mg2+, Ca2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+ determined pH-metrically at 25 °C and at an ionic strength of 0.1 mol dm–3(KNO3). Both form 1:1 complexes over a wide pH range. The stability constants of H3L1 with transition metals lay in a narrow region and point to non-selectivity of the ligand; H4L2 forms more stable complexes with larger cations such as Cd2+ or Pb2+ than with the cations of the first transition row. This selectivity is much better than for analogous macrocycles bearing carboxymethyl or methylenephosphonic pendant groups.

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