Solvent effect on standard electrode potential: Part V. Silver-silver chloride electrode in tert-butyl alcohol + water mixtures

The electromotive force measurements of the cell Pt, H₂ (gas, 1 atm); HCl (m), X % Bu ^tOH, Y% H₂O; AgCl, Ag, at nine different temperatures ranging from 15 to 55°C at 5° intervals, have been used to determine the standard potentials of the silver-silver chloride electrode in eighteen tert-butyl alcohol+water solvent mixtures containing up to 90 wt. % alcohol. The standard molal potentials in each solvent have been represented as a function of temperature. The standard thermodynamic functions for the cell reaction, the primary medium effects of various solvents upon HCl, and the standard thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of one mole of HCl from water to tert-butyl alcohol+water media have been evaluated. The results have been discussed in the light of ion-solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents.     

Thermodynamic studies of hydriodic acid in ethylene glycol-water mixtures from electromotive force measurements

The standard potentials of the Ag—AgI electrode in twenty ethylene glycol—water mixtures covering the whole range of solvent composition have been determined from the e.m.f. measurements of the cell Pt¦H₂(g, 1 atm)¦HOAc (m ₁), NaOAc (m ₂), KI(m ₃), solvent¦AgI¦Ag at nine different temperatures ranging from 15 to 55°C. The temperature variation of the standard e.m.f. has been utilized to compute the standard thermodynamic functions for the cell reaction, the primary medium effects of various solvents upon HI, and the standard thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of HI from the standard state in water to the standard states in the respective solvent media. The chemical effects of solvents on the transfer process have been obtained by subtracting the electrostatic contributions from the total transfer quantities. The results have been discussed in the light of ion—solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents.     

Solvent effect on standard electrode potential: Part IV. Silver-silver chloride electrode in glycerol-water mixtures

Standard potentials of the silver-silver chloride electrode in eighteen glycerol-water mixtures containing up to 90% by weight glycerol, have been determined from e.m.f. measurements of cells of the type Pt, H₂ (gas, 1 atm); HCl (m), X% glycerol, Y% water; AgCl, Ag, at nine different temperatures in the range 15 to 55°C. The standard molal potential in the various solvent mixtures has been expressed as a function of temperature. Standard thermodynamic quantities for cell reaction and the primary medium effects of various solvents upon HCl were also calculated. The temperature variation of the standard potential was utilized to calculate the thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of one mole of HCl from water to glycerol-water media. The results have been interpreted in regard to the acid-base properties and the structure of the solvent.     

Thermodynamic determination of solvation potentials of various metal chlorides by (1,4-dioxane + water) mixtures through EMF measurements

The EMF data of different metal chlorides (2:1 electrolytes) were obtained by using a cell [M_X Hg|MCl₂ (m)|AgCl–Ag] at two temperatures. Stock solutions of metal chlorides (CoCl₂, CuCl₂ and ZnCl₂) were prepared by weight in 1,4-dioxane–aqueous mixtures. There was a significant change in the EMF values with change of metal chloride, its concentration and solvents composition. The standard electrode potential (E°) values of the above cell were calculated from the measured EMF of these mixtures. The standard thermodynamic functions (ΔG°, ΔH° and ΔS°) and respective transfer parameters of MCl₂ from water to 20, 45 and 70% dioxane–water mixtures were also evaluated. Equilibrium dissociation constants (K₁ and K₂) as well as the degrees of dissociation (α₁ and α₂) were obtained by iterative procedures. The data were analyzed in terms of solute–solvent interactions depending on standard and transfer thermodynamic parameters and mean activity coefficients (γ_±) of electrolytes.     

Absolute electrode potential and thermodynamics of single ions

A new method, relating the electrode potential to the radius of the solvated ion on whose activity the potential depends, has been developed for the determination of absolute electrode potentials and the thermodynamics of single ions in solution. It is successfully applied to the cells: Pt|H₂(g, 1 atm)|HX, solvent |AgX|Ag, and M|MX, solvent|AgX|Ag, in aqueous, partially aqueous, and non-aqueous solvents. The absolute electrode potentials have been computed in aqueous and methanol+water solvents. The single ion activities, activity coefficients, the radii of solvated cations, and their solvation extent have been calculated. The temperature variation of the standard absolute potential has been utilized to evaluate the standard thermodynamic functions for the electrode reactions, and the standard transfer thermodynamic quantities of single ions from water to methanolic solvents. The results are interpreted in terms of ion—solvent interactions as well as the structural features and the acid—base properties of these solvents.     

Standard potentials of silver-silver bromide electrode and related thermodynamic quantities in (5, 10 and 15 wt-%) 2-butanol-water mixtures

The standard potentials of silver-silver bromide electrode in 5, 10 and 15 wt.-% 2-butanol have been determined from e.m.f. measurements of a cell of the type: Pt(or Pd), H₂(g)|HBr(m), 2-butanol-water mixtures| AgBr, Ag at temperatures 15°, 25° and 35°C and in the molality range of HBr from 0.003 to 0.1 mol kg^?1. Standard potentials were utilized to calculate: (1) the standard thermodynamic quantities for the cell reaction and for the reaction of HBr formation, (2) the mean activity coefficients of HBr, and (3) the standard thermodynamic quantities for transfer of HBr from water to 2-butanol-water mixtures. The thermodynamic functions for the transfer process have been interpreted in regard to the acid-base properties and structure of the solvents.     

Thermodynamic properties of the silver ion in alcohol + water solvent mixtures from electromotive force measurements and thermodynamic solubility product constants of AgX (X = Cl,Br, I or CNS) at different temperatures

The standard potentials of the silver-silver ion electrode in alcohol+water solvent mixtures containing 10 and 20 wt% methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol have been determined from the electromotive force measurements of the cell Ag(s), AgCl(s), NaCl(c), NaNO₃(c)// NaNO₃(c), AgNO₃(c), Ag(s) at seven different temperatures in the range 5–35°C. The standard potentials in each solvent have been represented as a function of temperature. The standard thermodynamic functions for the electrode reaction, the primary medium effects of various solvents upon Ag⁺, and the standard thermodynamic quantities for the transfer of 1 g-ion of Ag⁺ from water to the respective alcohol + water media have been evaluated and discussed in the light of ion-solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents. From the values of the standard potentials of the Ag/Ag⁺ and Ag/AgX, X^? electrodes, the thermodynamic solubility product constants of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver iodide and silver thiocyanate have been determined in alcohol + water solvent mixtures at different temperatures.     

Thermodynamics of Cadmium Chloride in 2-Butanone + Water Mixtures (5, 10, and 15 Mass%) from Electromotive Force Measurements

The emf (electromotive force) of the cell: CdHg_x (two phase) | CdCl₂ (m) | AgCl | Ag in 2-butanone + water mixtures (containing 5, 10, and 15 mass% 2-butanone) was measured at varying temperature (293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15, and 313.15 K) and in the CdCl₂ molality range from 0.002 to 0.02 mol-kg^–1. At each temperature the standard emf of the cell (E_m^o) was determined using potentiometric data and literature values for the stability constants of chlorocadmium complexes. The E_m^o values were used to calculate the standard thermodynamic quantities for the cell reaction, the stoichiometric mean molal activity coefficients of CdCl₂, and the thermodynamic functions for CdCl₂ transfer from water to 2-butanone + water mixtures. The transfer process is a forced one and results in an entropy decrease. The transfer functions were compared to those obtained for the same electrolyte in acetone + water mixtures, as well as to those for HBr in ketone + water mixtures. Medium effects upon CdCl₂ were calculated and discussed for the examined mixtures (2-butanone + water).     

On the correlations between empirical lewis acid-base solvent parameters and the thermodynamic parameters of ion solvation

Assuming a straight-line dependence of the chemical potential of anions (cations) on empirical Lewis acid (base) parameters of solvents, the values of the change of the chemical potential of ions and the change of the surface potential between water and non-aqueous solvents have been calculated and briefly discussed. On the basis of the results obtained and literature data the dependence of the standard emf of the cell Pt,H₂ |HCl|AgCl|Ag|Pt′ on the function of empirical Lewis acid-base parameters has been analysed and discussed.     

A Determination of Standard Potentials and Related Primary pH Standards in the 50 Mass Percent (N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidinone + Water) Mixture at Various Temperatures

Following the IUPAC-endorsed procedure, the primary pH standards offered by the equimolal phosphate buffer (Na₂HPO₄ (0.01 mol⋅kg⁻¹) + KH₂PO₄ (0.01 mol⋅kg⁻¹)) in the (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone + water) solvent mixture of 50 mass percent composition at various temperatures have been determined from potential difference measurements with the reversible Harned cell. Since the essential prerequisite of the above procedure is the knowledge of the (hitherto unknown) standard potential difference of Harned’s cell, a parallel supplementary series of potential difference measurements has been carried out with the reversible cell, Pt|H₂|HCl(m)|AgCl|Ag|Pt according to the classical thermodynamic procedure. The problem of comparability of the pH scale in the (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone + water) solvent with that in the pure water solvent is duly discussed in terms of primary medium effects.     

Standard potentials of the silver,silver bromide electrode and the thermodynamic properties of hydrobromic acid in 1,2-dimethoxyethane and its aqueous mixtures

The standard potentials of the silver, silver bromide electrode have been determined in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) and in nineteenDME + water solvents from the e.m.f. measurements of cells of the type Pt|H₂(g, 1 atm)|HBr (m), solvent|AgBr|Ag at intervals of 5°C from 5 to 45°C. The molality of HBr covered the range from 0.01 to 0.1 mol kg^–1. In solvents of highDME content, where the dielectric constant is small, it was necessary to correct for ion-pair formation. The temperature variation of the standard potential has been used to evaluate the standard thermodynamic functions for the cell reaction, and the standard quantities for the transfer of HBr from water to the respective solvents. The results have been discussed both in relation to the acid-base nature of the solvent mixtures and also their structural effects on the transfer process.

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Standardpotentiale der Silber, Silberbromid-Elektrode und thermodynamische Eigenschaften von H Br in 1,2-Dimethoxyethan und 1,2-Dimethoxyethan—Wasser-Mischungen

Zusammenfassung Die Standardpotentiale der Silber, Silberbromid-Elektrode wurden in 1,2-Dimethoxyethan (DME) und in 19 verschiedenenDME—Wasser-Gemischen aus EMK-Messungen der Zelle Pt|H₂(g,1 atm)|HBr (m), Lsgsm.|AgBr|Ag in Temperaturintervallen von 5°C zwischen 5 und 45°C bestimmt. Die Molalität von HBr deckte den Bereich von 0,01 bis 0,1 mol kg^–1. Bei Lösungen mit höheremDME-Gehalt — und damit niedrigen Dielektrizitätskonstanten —war es nötig, für die Bildung von Ionenpaaren eine Korrektur einzuführen. Über die Temperaturvariation wurden die thermodynamischen Größen für die Zellenreaktion und die Standardgrößen für den Transfer von HBr aus Wasser in das jeweilige Lösungsmittel bestimmt. Die Ergebnisse werden sowohl im Zusammenhang zur Säure-Base-Natur de Lösungsmittelmischungen als auch in bezug auf strukturelle Effekte im Transferprozeß diskutiert.

     

Status and problems of standardization of pH scales for controls in different media. Reference value standards in ethylene glycol/water mixed solvents

Summary One of the most complex establishments of standards in quality control is that for the measurement of acidity, the pH. Not only is this complexity linked with the environment or the matrix considered (solutions from chemical laboratories or industries, biophysiological fluids, sea waters, estuarine waters, freshwaters, acid rains, etc.) but also with the solvent type (water, nonaqueous solvents, aqueous-organic solvent mixtures). The results are distinct pH scales which, for each solvent considered, are articulated on one reference value standard (pH_RVS) plus a group of primary standards (pH_PS) and/or operational standards (pH_os), as specified in recent IUPAC recommendations. Such specifications ensure that the above standards be determined according to the same electrochemical principles and procedures and be accurate typically to ±0.002 in pH. However, the acquisition and availability of such standards, though rapidly expanding, are hitherto limited to a few nonaqueous solvents or aqueous-organic solvent mixtures. Within this context, the determination of pH_RVS in ethylene glycol/water mixtures, based on electromotive force measurements of the cell Pt|H₂|RVS Buffer + KCl|AgCl|Ag|Pt over a range of temperatures and solvent compositions is here described. Anyway, the comparability of pH scales in different solvent media (and even in different environments) depends on the uncertain determinability of the primary medium effect upon the H⁺ ion. Finally, the predictability of the above standards, whithin acceptable reliability limits, for hitherto unexplored solvent media has been recently assessed in terms of such qualifying physicochemical quantities as solvent composition, dielectric constant and temperature. Status, applications and problems related to the above points are here analysed.     

Thermodynamics of transfer of hydrochloric acid from water to aqueous glucose at 25°C

Enthalpies of transfer of HCl from water to aqueous glucose were determined calorimetrically at 25°C at several mixed solvent compositions ranging up to glucose mole fraction X₃=0.0624 (40 wt. %). These were combined with free energies of transfer calculated from emf measurements to yield entropies of transfer, and all properties are compared with those observed for HCl and NaCl transfer to other aqueous nonelectrolyte mixed solvents.     

Activity coefficients of NaF in aqueous mixtures with ɛ-increasing co-solvent: formamide–water mixtures at 298.15 K

The electromotive force E, of the cell containing the ion-selective electrodes Na-ISE | NaF(m), formamide (Y), H₂O(100 − Y) | F-ISE has been measured at 298.15 K as a percentage of the weight of the amide in the mixed solvent. The percentage (Y) was varied from 0 to 90% in 10-unit steps, and the molality of the electrolyte (m) from approximately 0.005 to saturation. The corresponding standard electromotive forces, E⁰ (molal scale), were determined using traditional methods of extrapolation (Debye–Hückel and Pitzer equations). The results obtained by application of both equations show experimental errors of the same sort as those for this type of measurements. Once the E⁰ was obtained, we determined the mean ionic activity coefficients for NaF, the transfer free energy from water to the water–formamide mixture, and the NaF primary hydration number. The variation of these parameters, with the composition of this ɛ-increasing solvent, is discussed in comparison with that previously obtained for the ɛ-decreasing methanol–water and ethanol–water systems, in terms of both ion–solvent and ion–ion interactions and of the effect of the medium dielectric constant change.     

Thermodynamic Parameters of the Dissolution of 4-Hydroxy-L-Proline and L-Phenylalanine in Mixed Aqueous Solvents at 298 K

The enthalpies of solution of 4-hydroxy-L-proline and L-phenylalanine in binary mixed aqueous solvents containing acetonitrile (AN), 1,4-dioxane (1,4-DO), or acetone (AC) at mole fractions of 0 to 0.25 are determined at T = 298.15 K via isothermal calorimetry. The standard enthalpies of solution (Δ_solH°) and transfer (Δ_trH°) of 4-hydroxy-L-proline and L-phenylalanine from water to mixed aqueous solvents are calculated using the experimental calorimetric data, as are the enthalpy coefficients of paired interactions (h _xy ) between the molecules of the investigated amino acids and the organic solvents. The effects the mixed aqueous solvent composition and the structure of the organic solvent molecules have on the enthalpies of solution and transfer for the investigated amino acids are considered. The correlation between the enthalpy of solution of the amino acids and the electron-donating properties of the organic solvents in the mixed aqueous solvent systems is established.     

Standard pH values for potassium hydrogenphthalate reference buffer solutions in 10, 30 and 50% (w/w) 1,4-dioxane/water mixed solvents at temperatures from 288.15 to 318.15 K

Standard pH(S) values for 0.05 mol kg^?1 potassium hydrogenphthalate (KHpH) reference buffer solutions in 10, 30 and 50% (w/w) 1,4-dioxane/water solvent mixtures within the temperature range 288.15–318.15 K are determined from e.m.f. measurements of the cell without transference Pt|H₂|KHPh + KCl|AgCl|Ag|Pt. The consistency of the results is analysed by a recently described method of multilinear regression of the quantity p(a_Hγ_Cl) as a function of both solution composition and temperature. The standard pH(S) determined can be reproduced to within ±0.01 by the equation pH(S) - 4.004 + 3.309w + 0.408z + 1.037w³ - 14.95zw² + 27.1zw³, where w is the weight fraction of dioxane in the solvent mixture,z = (T –θ)/θ, and θ - 298.15 K. Values of the first ionization constant of phthalic acid (H₂Ph; benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid) in the above solvent mixtures are also determined from e.m.f. measurements of the cell without transference Pt|H₂|H₂Ph + KHPh + KCl|AgCl|Ag|Pt.     

Enthalpies of solvation for dopamine hydrochloride in water-ethanol solutions

The enthalpies of dissolution of dopamine hydrochloride (H₂Dop · HCl) in water-ethanol solvents containing from 0 to 0.8 mole fraction of ethanol are measured by calorimetry at 298.15 K. Standard enthalpies of transfer (??_tr H ^°) for the molecular (H₂Dop) and cationic (H₃Dop⁺) forms of dopamine from water into binary solvents are calculated from the obtained data. The enthalpies of transfer of H₃Dop⁺ cation are determined from the enthalpies of dissolution of H₂Dop · HCl using the familiar method of separating the molar quantities into ionic contributions (Ph₄P⁺ = BPh ₄ ^? ), and by an original alternative procedure. The effect of the composition of the binary solvent on the solvation of dopamine is considered.     

The enthalpies of solution of DL-α-alanine in water-organic solvent mixtures at 298.15 K

The integral enthalpies of solution (298.15 K) of DL-α-alanine in water-organic solvent mixtures were measured at organic component concentrations x ₂ = 0–0.4 mole fractions. The organic solvents used were acetonitrile (ACN), formamide (FA), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMFA), and N,N-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The standard enthalpies of solution Δ_sol H ^o, solvation Δ_solv H ^o, and transfer (Δ_tr H ^o) of DL-α-alanine from water to mixed solvents were calculated. The influence of the structure and properties of solutes and mixture composition on solute thermochemical characteristics was considered. The solution of DL-α-alanine in the mixtures studied was endothermic over the whole range of organic component concentrations. The Δ_sol H ^o, Δ_tr H ^o, and Δ_solv H ^o values as functions of x ₂ can pass extrema (DMSO and DMFA), be almost independent of mixed solvent composition (FA), or be exothermic and monotonic functions (ACN). The enthalpy coefficients of pair interactions (h _xy ) between DL-α-alanine and organic solvent molecules were calculated. The linear Kamlet-Taft equation was used to correlate the h _xy values with the properties of organic solvents.     

Thermodynamic properties of multicomponent electrolyte solutions in mixed solvents {HCl + NaCl-tert-C4H9OH + H2O} at (278.15 to 318.15) K

The thermodynamic properties of (HCl (m_A) + NaCl (m_B)-tert-C₄H₉OH + H₂O) system were studied by means of e.m.f. measurements in the cell without liquid junction at constant total ionic strength I=1.00 mol · kg⁻¹ from 278.15 K to 318.15 K. The standard electrode potential of Ag–AgCl and activity coefficient of HCl in the mixed solvents have been determined. The results show that the activity coefficient of HCl in HCl–NaCl solution still obeys Harned’s Rule and the logarithm of HCl activity coefficient, lgγ_A, is a linear function reciprocal of temperature at constant composition of the mixture. The standard transfer Gibbs free energy of HCl was calculated.     

An electrochemical method for determination of the standard Gibbs energy of anion transfer between water and n-octanol

The transfer of the ions Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻, ClO₄⁻, SCN⁻, NO₃⁻, BF₄⁻, and (C₆H₅)₄B⁻ across the water|n-octanol (W|OC) liquid interface was studied and the standard Gibbs energies of ion transfer were determined. The ion transfer was achieved by oxidation of decamethylferrocene dissolved in a droplet of n-octanol that was attached to a graphite electrode immersed in the aqueous solutions of the respective alkali salts of the anions. The electrode reaction can be described by the equation: dmfc_(OC)+X_(W)⁻⇄dmfc⁺_(OC)+X⁻_(OC)+e⁻, where X⁻ is the transferred anion. Square-wave voltammetry at this three-phase arrangement was utilised to determine the formal potential of the decamethylferrocene/decamethylferrocenium (dmfc/dmfc⁺) couple under the condition of ion transfer across the water|n-octanol interface. For calibration the standard Gibbs energies of ion transfer have been extrapolated to octanol from the series of known data for methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, and n-butanol. All these data are consistent and the experimental dependence of the formal potentials on the standard Gibbs energies is as predicted by theory. The validity of data is further supported by calculations of Gibbs energies of ion transfer using the Born theory. Until now it was not possible to perform electrochemical measurements at the water|n-octanol interface because in the conventional four-electrode cells this interface cannot be polarised. With the new method it is now for the first time possible to determine the Gibbs energies of transfer of ions across the water|n-octanol interface. These values are of very wide use for assessing the lipophilicity of compounds in chemistry, medicine, and pharmacology.