Thermokinetics on the Reaction of Formation of the Ternary Complex Nd[（C5H8NS2）3（C12H8N2）]

Introduction The chemistry of the complexes containing lantha-nide-sulfur bond has been of substantial interest because of high performance in biological properties1 and fric-tion properties.2 In addition, they have been largely used because of their chemical and physical properties, e.g. as vulcanization accelerator.2,3 The vast investigations have been reported on preparations, characterizations and structures of these compounds,5-17 which are of great importance for illuminating the bonding…

Thermokinetics on the Reaction of Formation of the Ternary Complex Nd[(C_5H_8NS_2)_3(C_(12)H_8N_2)]

The title ternary complex Nd(C5H8NS2)3(C12H8N2)] has been synthesized in absolute ethanol by the reaction of NdCl33.74H2O with ammonium pyrrolidinyldithiocarboxylate (APDC) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phenH2O) at air atmosphere without any cautions against moisture. The bonding characteristics of the complex were characterized by IR, showing that Nd3+ is bonded with sulfur atom in the APDC and coordinated with nitrogen atom in the phen. TG-DTG investigation indicates that the title complex was decomposed into Nd2S3 and deposited carbon in one step where Nd2S3 predominated in the final products. The enthalpy change of formation of the reaction on the title com-plex in liquid-phase has been determined by a microcalorimeter. Thermodynamic parameters (the activation en-thalpy, the activation entropy and the activation free energy) and kinetics parameters (the rate constant, the apparent activation energy, the pre-exponential constant and the reaction order) of the title reaction have been calculated. The enthalpy change of the solid-phase reaction has been obtained by a thermochemistry cycle.