- P-ISSN 1225-0163
- E-ISSN 2288-8985
The open-chain hexadentate <TEX>$N_4$</TEX>, <TEX>$O_2$</TEX> ligands 1, 15-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-2, 6, 10, 14-tetraazapentadecane (BSATPD. 4HCl) has been synthesized as its tetrahydro-chloride salt and characterized by EA, IR, NMR, and Mass spectrum. Its protonation constants (<TEX>$logK_n{^H}$</TEX>) and stability constants (<TEX>$logK_{ML}$</TEX>) for <TEX>$Cu^{2+}$</TEX>, <TEX>$Ni^{2+}$</TEX>, <TEX>$Co^{2+}$</TEX> and <TEX>$Zn^{2+}$</TEX> ions were determined in aqueous solution by potentiometry and compared with those of analogous <TEX>$N_4$</TEX>, <TEX>$O_2$</TEX> ligands contain ethtylenic spacers or propylenic spacers, which make six-membered chelate rings between the aliphatic nitrogen atoms.