297This work continues the studies [1][2][3][4] devoted to the solvation of salts of d elements in mixed aqueousorganic solvents and their effect on the thermodynam ics of complexation with bioactive ligands. It has been shown in [5,6] that the alteration of the chemical composition of the medium (alteration of concentra tion of a nonaqueous component) in which complex ation takes place, has a considerable effect on the sta bility of the resulting complexes and in some cases facilitates the formation of new chemical forms of complex species that cannot be formed or are poorly stable in aqueous media. It has been demonstrated in the same studies that changes in solvation surrounding of the electron donating groups of the ligand are the most significant factors for the stability of a complex during the formation of amine complexes of d metals in nonaqueous solvents [6].The effect of composition of a binary aqueousorganic solvent on the enthalpies of formation of β alaninate copper(II) complex [CuAla] + and the enthalpy parameters of this process were studied ear lier [3][4][5]. We revealed in those studies that an increase in ethanol concentration in the aqueous solution results in a significant gain in exothermicity of com plexation and enhancea the stability of the β alaninate complex. The increase in exothermicity of [CuAla] + formation mainly occurs due to the weakening of sol vation of the ligand Ala -in ethanol. It was found that the solvation contributions of the central and complex ions act in the opposite directions and are mutually neutralized without any substantial effect on thermo dynamics of formation of alaninate complex within the region where alcohol was diluted. Here, we discuss dependences between the enthalpy characteristics of solvation and complexation of the reactants (ligand, complex, and the central ion) and the parameters of these processes in water-ethanol mixtures with the participation of natural L α alanine compared to β alanine.
EXPERIMENTALIt should be noted that the conditions and proce dure of a thermochemical experiment were maximally adjusted to those for working with β alanine [3,5]. The heats of mixing of aqueous solutions of sodium alaninate (NaAla) and Cu(NO 3 ) 2 were measured using an isoperibolic solution calorimeter with a cell volume of 50 ml; its design was described in [7]. The operation of the calorimeter was verified in accordance with the IUPAC recommendations [8] against the heat of solu tion of KCl and the heat of mixing of 1 propanol in water. When measuring the enthalpy of mixing of 1 propanol with water, the root mean square devia tion was less than ±0.6% of the recommended value of -10.22 ± 0.05 kJ/mol [8], which implies the absence of noticeable systematic deviations in measurements of the heats of mixing.L α Alanine purchased from Carl Roth GmbH was used in this study. The working aqueous solution of sodium α alaninate (1.2007 mol/kg of solution) was prepared by dissolving an accurately weighed portion of α alanine in the standardized carbonate free NaOH sol...