title: Infrared spectra of phthalic acid, the hydrogen phthalate ion, and the phthalate ion in aqueous solution.
abstract: The infrared spectra of a series of aqueous solutions containing phthalic acid (1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid) and varying pH were examined using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and potentiometry. The basis spectra of phthalic acid, the hydrogen phthalate ion, and the phthalate ion were isolated using a factor analysis in which the absorbance of these species varies with pH and total phthalate concentration according to equilibrium and mass balance relations. Assignments of these basis spectra were made by comparison with spectra calculated ab initio. The conditional formation constants of phthalic acid and the hydrogen phthalate ion were determined at 25.0+/-0.1 degrees C in 0.6 M NaCl ionic media using infrared spectroscopy and in 1.5 M NaCl ionic media using both infrared spectroscopy and potentiometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Loring
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Fawcett
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Casey
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen; D007477:Ions; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D007477:Ions; D010795:Phthalic Acids; D012996:Solutions; C032279:phthalic acid; D006859:Hydrogen