Dissociation kinetics of macrocyclic trivalent lanthanide complexes of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-diacetic acid (DO2A)?

Dalton Transactions Pub Date: 2011-03-03 DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01440K

Abstract

The [H+]-catalyzed dissociation rate constants of several trivalent lanthanide (Ln) complexes of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-diacetic acid (LnDO2A+, Ln = La, Pr, Eu, Er and Lu) have been determined in two pH ranges: 3.73–5.11 and 1.75–2.65 at four different temperatures (19–41.0 °C) in aqueous media at a constant ionic strength of 0.1 mol dm?3 (LiClO4). For the study in the higher pH range, i.e. pH 3.73–5.11, copper(II) ion was used as the scavenger for the free ligand DO2A in acetate/acetic acid buffer medium. The rates of Ln(III) complex dissociation have been found to be independent of [Cu2+] and all the Ln(III) complexes studied show [H+]-dependence at low acid concentrations but become [H+]-independent at high acid concentrations. Influence of the acetate ion content in the buffer on the dissociation rate has also been investigated and all the complexes exhibit a first-order dependence on [Acetate]. The dissociation reactions follow the rate law: kobs = kAc[Acetate] + Kklim[H+]/(1 + K′[H+]) where kAC is the dissociation rate constant for the [Acetate]-dependent pathway, klim is the limiting rate constant, and K′ is the equilibrium constant for the reaction LnDO2A+ + H+ ? LnDO2AH2+. In the lower pH range, i.e. pH 1.75–2.65, the dye indicator, cresol red, was used to monitor the dissociation rate, and all the Ln(III) complexes also show [H+]-dependence dissociation pathways but without the rate saturation observed at higher pH range. The dissociation reactions follow the simple rate law: kobs = kH[H+], where kH is the dissociation rate constant for the pathway involving monoprotonated species. The absence of an [H+]-independent pathway in both pH ranges indicates that LnDO2A+ complexes are kinetically rather inert. The obtained kAC values follow the order: LaDO2A+ > PrDO2A+ > EuDO2A+ > ErDO2A+ > LuDO2A+, whereas the klim and kH values follow the order: LaDO2A+ > PrDO2A+ > ErDO2A+ > EuDO2A+ > LuDO2A+, mostly consistent with their thermodynamic stability order, i.e. the more thermodynamically stable the more kinetically inert. In both pH ranges, activation parameters, ΔH*, ΔS* and ΔG*, for both acetate-dependent and proton-catalyzed dissociation pathways have been obtained for most of the La(III), Pr(III), Eu(III), Er(III) and Lu(III) complexes, from the temperature dependence measurements of the rate constants in the 19–41 °C range. An isokinetic (linear) relationship is found between ΔH* and ΔS* values, which supports a common reaction mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Dissociation kinetics of macrocyclic trivalent lanthanide complexes of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-diacetic acid (DO2A)
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