| Abstract: | ![]()
The protolytic equilibria of piperazine (C4H10N2) and phosphate have been investigated in the presence of cobalt or nickel chloride or nitrate by potentiometric titrations between pH 2 and 8. Potentiometric titrations suggest the presence of [M2+(H2O)5(C4H11N2+)]3+ and [M2+(H2O)5(C4H10N2)]2+ in solution with stability constants logK of 3.1 and 3.8 for M = Co and 3.1 and 3.6 for M = Ni, respectively. Crystallization experiments were then conducted at selected pH values to isolate desired species from the known solution composition. Crystallization afforded [M(H2O)6]2+(C4H12N22+)(HPO42—)2 at pH 3.5 and 6.2 (M = Co, Ni), and Co3(PO4)2·8H2O at pH 10.5. No crystals with the dihydrogenphosphate anion or a metal‐bound piperazine ligand could be isolated under the reaction conditions. The solid‐state assembly in the isomorphous structures of [M(H2O)6](C4H12N2)(HPO4)2 with M = Co and Ni is based on an extended hydrogen bonded network between the three ionic building blocks. |
