Ion-solvent interactions of silver(I)-18-crown-6 perchlorate complex in methanol-acetonitrile mixtures

The standard Gibbs transfer energies of the silver(I)-18-crown-6 perchlorate complex salt from methanol to various compositions of methanol-acetonitrile mixtures were determined from solubility measurements at 30°C and these data were separated into the corresponding ionic contributions by employing the negligible liquid junction potential method of Parkeret al. The solvent transport numbers _AN, for the salt were also determined at various solvent compositions using a concentration cell with transference.The Gibbs transfer energy of the silver(I)-18-crown-6 complex cation is negative and decreases with the addition of acetonitrile but the transfer energy of the anion is positive and increases under the same conditions. The solvent transport number, _AN, increases and passes through a maximum value of 5.48 at _AN=0.55. These results indicate that the complex salt is heteroselectively solvated in these mixtures with the cation being preferentially solvated by acetonitrile and the anion by methanol molecules.