C. Airiau et al., COMPLEXATION STOICHIOMETRY DETERMINED BY APPLICATION OF CHEMOMETRICS TO TIME-DOMAIN NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE SIGNALS, Analusis, 26(2), 1998, pp. 70-74
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of using
multivariate statistical techniques applied to Time Domain - Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR) signals to determine the stoechiometry of
complexation reactions. The complex used here is the well known EDTA-m
angnese complex. The measurement is based on the change in the interac
tions between the paramagnetic manganese cation and the solvent depend
ing on whether it is free in solution or chelated with EDTA. Free mang
anese significantly increases the relaxation rate of the solvating wat
er protons while chelated manganese has a weaker effect. The complexat
ion is studied using Job's Continuous Variations Method. The system is
analysed in two ways. In a first step R-1 and R-2 relaxation rates ar
e calculated by non-linear regression and are shown to be sensitive pa
rameters for determining the stoechiometry of the complex. In a second
step, rile normalised TD-NMR signals are directly analysed using Prin
cipal Components Analysis (PCA) and Evolving Factor Analysis (EFA). Th
ese multivariate statistical analyses of the signals are also shown to
be good methods for detecting the complexation.