An extraction study of gallium, indium and thallium using TPASO as an extractant

A method is proposed for the extraction and individual separation of trivalent gallium, indium and thallium from salicylate media using triphenylarsine oxide dissolved in toluene as an extractant. The optimum extraction conditions are evaluated and described. The extracted metal ions are stripped and estimated spectrophotometrically following complexation with 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol. A possible mechanism of the extraction is discussed. The method permits rapid and precise individual separation of gallium (III), indium (III) and thallium (III) and is applicable to the analysis of alloy samples.     

Solubility of aluminum,gallium, and indium perchlorates in water

Solubility polytherms of the system M(ClO₄)₃-H₂O (M³⁺ = Al³⁺, Ga³⁺, In³⁺) were measured. Positions of singular points and vitrification ranges were determined. Values of eutectic concentrations were compared with earlier known data on the inversion concentrations measured by the viscometry method. Compositions of found crystalline hydrates were calculated from the solubility polytherms. The concept of the ability of the studied aqua cations to show properties of aqua acids, of the structure of solutions of posteutectic concentrations (structurally forced processes and microheterogeneity), of the electronic structure of M³⁺ cations, and of the localized hydrolysis phenomenon were used to understand the existence of the polyaqua compounds.     

Synthesis and thermodynamic characteristics of aluminum, gallium, and indium pivalates

Aluminum, gallium and indium pivalates, which are the most promising precursors for fabrication of oxide films in chemical vapor deposition, were synthesized. Their main thermodynamic characteristics were determined and discussed.     

Spectroscopy of laser-excited indium,gallium and indium–gallium systems

The spectroscopy of dense Ga, In and In–Ga vapours is studied via resonant pulsed laser excitation at 403.4 nm (Ga) and 410.3 nm (In). Besides some known atomic Rydberg levels emission, satellite wings on the blue side of the fundamental transitions show up both in the homonuclear and heteronuclear vapours. They are due to the presence of excited homonuclear dimers that form in the collision between excited and ground-state atoms. The formation of heteronuclear dimers is inferred by the time-resolved analysis of some atomic fluorescences.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of gallium and indium complexes obtained from redistribution reactions of mixed chalcogen-imidodiphosphinate ligands

The ionic complex [Ga{N(SPⁱPr₂)(SePⁱPr₂)-S, Se}₂]⁺[GaCl₄]⁻ (5) was prepared by a ligand redistribution process from the mono-chelate [Cl₂Ga{N(SPⁱPr₂)(SePⁱPr₂)-S, Se}] (3) complex in benzene. A similar phenomenon was observed for the heavier indium homologues, where the neutral complexes [ClIn{N(SPⁱPr₂)(SePⁱPr₂)-S, Se}₂] (7) and [ClIn{N(OPⁱPr₂)(SPⁱPr₂)-O, S}₂] (8) were isolated along with InCl₃ as the main reaction by-product. Complexes 5, 7 and 8 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray structural analysis.     

Solvent extraction and separation of gallium, indium and thallium with N-benzylaniline

A simple and rapid method is proposed for the separation of tervalent gallium, indium and thallium by solvent extraction with N-benzylaniline in chloroform from different concentrations of hydrochloric acid. Thallium and gallium are extracted from 1M and 7.0-7.5M hydrochloric acid respectively. Indium is finally extracted from hydriodic acid. These metals in the final extracts are determined complexometrically. Interference from some cations can easily be eliminated by reduction with sulphite, followed by selective oxidation of thallium(I) to thallium(III) with saturated bromine water, and from others by the use of thioglycollic acid as a masking agent in the extraction of gallium and indium. Most common anions cause no interference. Log-log plots of distribution coefficients vs. concentration of amine for gallium, indium and thallium indicate a 2:1 limiting mole ratio of amine to these metals.     

Separation of gallium, indium and thallium by extraction with n-octylaniline in chloroform

Extraction of gallium(III), indium(III) and thallium(III) with n-octylaniline in chloroform at various concentrations of hydrogen halide acids (HCl, HBr, HI) has been studied and a scheme for their separation proposed. The procedure can be successfully applied to the separation and determination of gallium in presence of mercury, bismuth, manganese, zinc and lead; indium in presence of bismuth, antimony, lead, mercury, cadmium and zinc; and thallium in presence of mercury, cadmium, manganese, aluminium, tin and antimony. The advantage of the method is that the reagent can be recovered for reuse. The method is simple, rapid, and effects clear-cut separation.     

Synthesis and structure of novel chiral amido-imine complexes of aluminum,gallium, and indium

The reactions of 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene (dpp-BIAN, 1) with tri-iso-butylaluminum, triethylgallium or trimethylindium give the novel amido-imine complexes (Buⁱ—dpp-BIAN)AlBuⁱ ₂ (4), (Et—dpp-BIAN)GaEt₂ (5), and (Me—dpp-BIAN)InMe₂ (6), respectively. The reaction of (dpp-BIAN)AlI(Et₂O) (7) with allyl bromide affords analogous chiral amido-imine derivative (All—dpp-BIAN)AlBrI (8). Hydrolysis of 8 affords the amino-imino compound (All—dpp-BIAN)H (9). The new compounds 4–6, 8, and 9 have been characterized by ¹H NMR and IR spectroscopy. The molecular structures of 5, 6, and 9 were determined by single crystal X-ray analysis.     

Spectrophotometric and solvent extraction study of o-hydroxybenzaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone complexes with gallium and indium

Complex formation of o-hydroxybenzaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone with Ga^III, In^III and Tl^III has been studied. The thallium complex is unstable. The composition and the instability constants of gallium and indium complexes were determined. Molar absorptivity of gallium complex at 390 nm is 3.40 × 10⁴ and that of indium at 380 nm is 3.20 × 10⁴ l mole^?1 cm^?1. Both complexes were found to be rapidly and quantitatively transfered into 1-pentanol. The corresponding aluminum complex is not extracted. Possible analytical application for separation and spectrophotometric determination of these elements is also examined.     

Interpretation of the IR spectra of aluminum, gallium, and indium tris(acetylacetonates)

The IR spectra of M(Acac)₃ (M = Al, Ga, and In; Acac^?1 is the acetylacetonate ion) and their isotope-substituted analogs were calculated by the Hartree-Fock-Roothaan method. The results obtained and available literature data were used to assign the absorption bands. A correlation was found between the force constants of the M-O bond and the stability constants of the complexes M(Acac)₃.     

Selective mono- and di-allylation and allenylation of chlorosilanes using indium

Allyl and allenyl groups have been introduced into silicon systems by the allylation and allenylation of chlorosilanes using allyl bromide or propargyl bromide with indium. The allylation of chlorosilanes afforded a variety of aryl, aralkyl, and alkenyl substituted allylsilanes. By applying this method, the reactions of 1-bromo-3-methylbut-2-ene, 3-bromo-2-methylprop-1-ene and 3-bromobut-1-ene with chlorosilanes also proceed smoothly to give regioselectively allylic rearrangement products in good yields. Mediated by indium, dichlorosilanes (R₂SiCl₂) and trichlorosilanes (RSiCl₃) can either afford monoallylated silanes or diallylated silanes depending on the amount of allyl bromide and indium used.