Johannes J. Cruywagen, Leon Krüger and Elisabeth A. Rohwer
Complex formation between tungstate and malate has been investigated in the range pH 1.5–8.5 by potentiometric and enthalpimetric titrations at 25 °C in 1.0 mol dm-3 (Na)Cl. The ‘best’ reaction model comprises mono-, di- and tetra-nuclear complexes. The formation constants of the complexes, denoted by βpqr, where the subscripts p, q and r refer to the stoichiometric coefficients in the general formula [(WO4)p(mal)qH r], have the values: log β111 = 8.85, log β112 = 14.78, log β113 = 17.26, log β122 = 17.20, log β123 = 21.70, log β124 = 25.61, log β213 = 23.07, log β222 = 18.87, log β223 = 25.72, log β224 = 31.88 and log β4411 = 73.60. Enthalpy and entropy changes for complexes occurring in sufficiently high concentrations were calculated from the calorimetric data using these formation constants: ΔH°111 = -64, ΔH°112 = -65, ΔH°113 = -67, ΔH°122 = -86.0, ΔH°123 = -92, ΔH°124 = -91, ΔH°222 = -115, ΔH°223 = -121, ΔH°224 = -120 and ΔH°4411 = -240 kJ mol-1.