title: Copper(II) complexes of N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine in aqueous solution: a thermodynamic and spectrophotometric study.
abstract: Copper(II) complexes with the herbicide N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine (glyphosate) have been investigated in aqueous solution by means of pH-metric measurements at different temperatures, 5 </= T </= 45 degrees C, calorimetry and visible spectrophotometry. Potentiometric data, at all the considered temperatures in the range 2.5 </= pH </= 10.5, can be explained assuming the formation of the species CuLH(0), CuL(-), CuLH(2 -)(- 1), CuL(4 -)(2) and Cu(2)L(+). By using thermodynamic data and calculated electronic spectra for each complex a structural definition is proposed for the different species. Copper(II)-glyphosate complexes are quite stable and must be taken into account in the speciation of natural fluids.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Analitica dell'Università, via Pietro Giuria 5, I-10125 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Daniele
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Stefano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prenesti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sammartano