Speciation study involving mononuclear binary transition metal (Co, Ni and Cu) complexes of L-methionine in non-ionic micellar medium.

The present work aims to evaluate the binding capacities of binary complexes of L-Methionine with transition metal ions Co, Ni and Cu in Triton X 100-water mixtures, a non-ionic micellar media of different compositions (0.0-2.5% (v/v)), investigated under the experimental conditions of 0.16 mol/dm ionic strength using NaNO at a temperature of 303.0 ± 0.1 K Potentiometrically. The potentiometric data was assessed by Irving-Rossotti pH metric technique with the least-squares method of MINIQUAD75, a computer program. The selectivity of the best fit model obtained by continuous exhaustive chemical modelling studies and the accuracy of the results is assessed based on statistical parameters. MLH, ML and ML are the identified species for the three M(Co, Ni and Cu) - Met systems. The shift in the equilibrium of binary metal-methionine complexes with variation in composition (0.0-2.5%) of the solvent can be explained by electrostatic together with non-electrostatic forces contributed by the interaction of solute with solvent.