RESUMEN
The protonation constants of five Schiff base and two benzothiazoline type ligands and stability constants of their complexes with six lanthanide ions were determined by potentiometrically in ethanol-water solution (1:1, v/v) at 25 +/- 0.1 degrees C. The Schiff base-type ligands were salicylidene 2-iminopyridine (SAPy), salicylidene-5-methyl-2-iminopyridine (SAPyMe), salicylidene-5-chloro-2-iminopyridine (SAPyCl), 2-(2-pyridylmethyleneamino) phenol (PyOH), 2-(2-quinolylmethyleneamino) phenol (QuOH) and the benzothiazoline-type ligands were pyridine-2-car-bozaldehydebenzothiazoline (PyS) and quinoline-2-carboxaldehydebenzothiazoline (QuS). The order of stability constants was found to be for metal ions La(III) < Pr(III) < Nd(III) < Eu(III) < Ho(III) < Yb(III), and for ligands SAPyCl < SAPy < QuS < QuOH < PyS < PyOH < SAPyMe. The FORTRAN programs PKAS and BEST were used for the calculation of protonation constants and stability constants, respectively.