Table 2: Negative logarithms of the acidity constants of DPA and logarithms of the stability constants of the corresponding binary Co-DAP complexes in dependence on the amount of dioxane added to water at I = 0.1 mol dm−3 (NaCl) and 25 °C.


% (v/v) Dioxane pK1 pK2 Sc

DPA
12.5% 7.85(0.03) 10.42(0.02) 2.91E−6
25% 7.98(0.03) 10.62(0.01) 5.91E−6
37.5% 8.12(0.01) 10.81(0.02) 2.91E−6
50% 8.34(0.03) 10.92(0.02) 4.50E−6
62.5% 8.53(0.03) 11.22(0.05) 5.71E−7
Co-DPA
12.5% 4.75(0.02) 7.15(0.02) 7.67E−7
25% 4.95(0.04) 7.45(0.04) 5.35E−6
37.5% 5.17(0.03) 7.83(0.02) 4.71E−7
50% 5.54(0.01) 8.15(0.03) 5.91E−6
62.5% 5.96(0.03) 8.46(0.04) 6.74E−7

cSum of square of residuals.