The Effect of Surfactants on Equilibria in Aluminium(III) Ion + Ofloxacin Solution and Adsorption of Ofloxacin on Aluminium-Oxide
The protonation and complex formation equilibria in aluminium(III) + ofloxacin (Hoflo) solutions in the presence of either cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, 5.0 mmol L−1), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPCL, 2.0 mmol L−1) or polyethylene glycol tert-octylphenyl ether (triton X-100, 1.0 mmol L−1) have been studied by glass-electrode potentiometric measurements in a 0.1 mol L−1 LiCl ionic medium at 298 K. In the concentration range 0.4 ≤ CAl ≤ 1.0 mmol L−1, with a ligand to metal ratio of 1 : 1 to 5 : 1, and 3.5 ≤ −log h ≤ 7.0, a non-linear least squares treatment of the data indicate that in all studied systems the complex Al(oflo)2+ forms as the dominating one. Its overall stability constant (log β) is in the range 10.37–11.90 (depending on the type of surfactant), which is about 1 log unit higher than in the absence of surfactants. The formation of bis(ofloxacinato) and mixed protonated or hydrolytic complexes is largely suppressed in the presence of surfactants. The adsorption of ofloxacin on aluminium ...