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Abstract The copper(II) complex formation equilibria of N-(2-carboxyethyl)chitosans with three different degrees of substitution (DS ) 0.42, 0.92, and 1.61) were studied in aqueous solution by pH-potentiometric and UVspectrophotometric techniques. It was demonstrated that the complexation model of CE-chitosans depends on DS: the [Cu(Glc-NR2)2] complexes are predominant for two lower substituted samples (“bridge model”, log â12 ) 10.06 and 11.6, respectively), whereas the increase of DS leads to formation mainly of the [Cu(Glc-NR2)] complexes (“pendant model”, log â11 ) 6.41). As a model for copper complexation with a disubstituted residue of CE-chitosan, the complex of N-methyliminodipropionate [CuMidp(H2O)]â(H2O) was synthesized and structurally characterized by XRD. The unit cell consists of two crystallographically nonequivalent Cu atoms having slightly distorted square pyramidal coordination; Midp constitutes the basal plane of the pyramid and acts as a tetradentate NO3 chelate-bridging ligand by the formation of two sixmembered chelate rings (average Cu-O 1.99 Å, Cu-N 2.04 Å) and a bridge via carbonyl O atom (average Cu-O 1.99 Å), an apical position is occupied by a water molecule (average Cu-Ow 2.30 Å).