Tartaric acid is an organic compound often found in nature in the form of tartaric acid, hydrogentartrate and tartrate. It is used as a chiral acid for racemic resolution and as a starting material for organic synthesis of new chiral compounds. It can often be used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industry as well. Tartaric acid contains two hydroxyl and two carboxylic functional groups through which it can form coordinate compounds with multiply-charged ions such as iron(III) and copper(II) ion.
The goal of the master's thesis was to determine the stoichiometry and the pH values of solutions in which coordinate compounds can be formed. This was done using the Job's method and cyclic voltammetry. Solutions of pH 1 (only for cyclic voltammetry), 3, 5 and 7 were prepared and the corresponding UV-VIS spectra and cyclic voltammograms were scanned. Out of all collected data stability constants were calculated and compared to theoretical values.
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