The titrimetric determination of copper(I), copper(II) and copper metal in admixture

Summary Copper(I) can be determined in the presence of copper(II) by oxidation with an excess of potassium iodate, the copper(II) being masked with oxalate. The unconsumed iodate is determined iodimetrically and the total copper is then determined on the same solution by demasking with acid and iodide, followed by iodimetric titration. The method can be extended to include elemental copper which can be separated from copper(I) and copper(II) oxides by dissolving the oxides in an ammonium chloride-ascorbic acid solution. The separated copper metal can then be determined by the iodate procedure. The methods are accurate and reproducible and have been applied to the determination of commercial copper(I) chloride, copper powder and partially oxidized copper powder. The relative standard deviation is about 0.35% in the range of 5.8–100 mg of Cu.

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Trimetrische Bestimmung von Kupfer(I), Kupfer(II) und metallischem Kupfer in Gemischen

Zusammenfassung Cu(I) kann in Gegenwart von Cu(II) durch Oxidation mit überschüssigem Kaliumiodat unter Maskierung des Cu(II) mit Oxalat bestimmt werden. Das unverbrauchte Iodat wird iodometrisch erfaßt und anschließend Gesamtkupfer in derselben Lösung iodometrisch nach Demaskierung mit Säure und Iodid bestimmt. Das Verfahren kann noch auf metallisches Kupfer erweitert werden, das von Cu(I)- und Cu(II)-oxiden abgetrennt wird, indem man letztere in Ammoniumchlorid-Ascorbinsäurelösung löst. Das elementare Kupfer wird dann mit Iodat bestimmt. Die Methoden sind genau und reproduzierbar und sind zur Analyse von handelsüblichem Kupfer(I)-chlorid, Kupferpulver und teilweise oxidiertem Kupferpulver angewendet worden. Die relative Standardabweichung liegt im Bereich von 5,8–100 mg Cu bei 0,35%.

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This paper is respectfully dedicated to Professor Dr. Herbert Weisz on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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The authors are grateful to Emeritus Professor Ronald Belcher for his interest in this work.     

Tetraalkoxyaluminates of nickel(II), copper(II), and copper(I)

The syntheses and structural details of tetraisopropoxyaluminates and tetra-tert-butoxyaluminates of nickel(II), copper(I), and copper(II) are reported. Within the nickel series, either Ni[Al(OiPr)4]2.2HOiPr, with nickel(II) in a distorted octahedral oxygen environment, or Ni[Al(OiPr)4]2.py, with nickel(II) in a square-pyramidal O4N coordination sphere, or Ni[(iPrO)(tBuO)3Al]2, with Ni(II) in a quasi-tetrahedral oxygen coordination, has been obtained. Another isolated complex is Ni[(iPrO)3AlOAl(OiPr)3].3py (with nickel(II) being sixfold-coordinated), which may also be described as a "NiO" species trapped by two Al(OiPr)3 Lewis acid-base systems stabilized at nickel by three pyridine donors. Copper(I) compounds have been isolated in three forms: [(iPrO)4Al]Cu.2py, [(tBuO)4Al]Cu.2py, and Cu2[(tBuO)4Al]2. In all of these compounds, the aluminate moiety behaves as a bidentate unit, creating a tetrahedrally distorted N2O2 copper environment in the pyridine adducts. In the base-free copper(I) tert-butoxyaluminate, a dicopper dumbbell [Cu-Cu 2.687(1) A] is present with two oxygen contacts on each of the copper atoms. Copper(II) alkoxyaluminates have been characterized either as Cu[(tBuO)4Al]2, {Cu(iPrO)[(iPrO)4Al]}2, and Cu[(tBuO)3(iPrO)Al]2 (copper being tetracoordinated by oxygen) or as [(iPrO)4Al]2Cu.py (pentacoordinated copper similar to the nickel derivative). Finally, a copper(II) hydroxyaluminate has been isolated, displaying pentacoordinate copper (O4N coordination sphere) by dimerization, with the formula {[(tBuO)4Al]Cu(OH).py}2. The formation of all of these isolated products is not always straightforward because some of these compounds in solution are subject to decomposition or are involved in equilibria. Besides NMR [copper(I) compounds], UV absorptions and magnetic moments are used to characterize the compounds.     

Thermogravimetry of copper and copper oxides (Cu2O-CuO)

The thermogravimetry of mixtures of metallic copper and copper oxides was studied. The experiments were performed by heating the samples in air to 700–800° to transform all the components to copper(II) oxide, and continuing the heating in nitrogen to 1050–1100° when the dissociation of copper(II) oxide to copper(I) oxide is complete. The identification of the components and their quantitative determination were carried out by determining the shape, size, and ratio of the segments of the curves obtained during the heating. The method can be used for quantitative analysis of mixtures of copper and/or copper oxides.

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Zusammenfassung Gemische von metallischem Kupfer und Kupferoxiden wurden thermogravimetrisch untersucht. Zur Überführung aller Komponenten in Kupfer(II)-oxid erhitzte man sie in Luft auf 700–800°, um daraufhin bis zur vollständigen Dissoziation des Kupfer-(II)-oxids zu Kupfer(I)-oxid unter Stickstoff die Temperatur bis auf 1050–1100° zu steigern. Die Identifizierung der Komponenten und ihre quantitative Bestimmung erfolgten durch die Form, Größe und die Verhältnisse der verschiedenen Abschnitte der erhaltenen Kurven. Diese Methode ist zur quantitativen Bestimmung von Gemischen aus Kupfer und Kupferoxid sowie von Kupferoxiden geeignet.

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Résumé Étude thermogravimétrique de mélanges du cuivre métallique et d'oxydes de cuivre. Les échantillons sont d'abord chauffés dans l'air jusqu'à 700–800° jusqu'à ce que tous les constituants soient transformés en oxyde de cuivre(II); le chauffage est ensuite poursuivi dans l'azote jusqu'à 1010–1100°, où la dissociation de l'oxyde de cuivre(II) en oxyde de cuivre(I) est complète. Les constituants ont été identifiés et dosés en utilisant la forme, la dimension et les proportions des différentes parties des courbes pendant le chauffage. La méthode peut être utilisée pour l'analyse quantitative de mélanges de cuivre et ou d'oxydes de cuivre.

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The author wishes to acknowledge the financial assistance provided by the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.The author wishes also to thank Dr. R. F. Tylecote (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) for very helpful comments and useful discussions of this investigation and to Mrs. N. Leder for chemical analyses.     

Unusual electrochemical reduction of copper(II) to copper(I) in polyoxotungstates

The electrochemical behaviour of the copper-substituted Keggin-type and sandwich-type polyoxotungstate anions of the compounds α-[(C₄H₉)₄N]₄H[PW₁₁Cu^IIO₃₉] and α-B-[(C₄H₉)₄N]₇H₃[Cu^II₄(H₂O)₂(PW₉O₃₄)₂] was studied by cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile. In both cases two copper 1-electron reduction waves were detected in the cathodic scan. The first one was due to the reduction of one Cu^II to Cu^I in the polyoxoanion and the second one to the consecutive reduction of the preformed Cu^I to Cu⁰, with the consequent deposition/adsorption of the ejected metal atom at the glassy carbon electrode surface. In the anodic scan, Cu⁰ was re-oxidised with regeneration of the initial copper(II) complexes, via a Cu^I intermediate. The observed two-step reduction of copper(II) to copper(0) and the formation of intermediate species containing copper(I) is here reported for the first time for copper substituted polyoxotungstates. The co-ordination of the acetonitrile molecules to the copper ions must play a role in the formation of the copper(I) species, which are not detected in aqueous solution.     

Thermal decomposition of bis-(DL-valinato)copper(II) and bis-(DL-methioninato)copper(II)

A kinetic study of the thermal decomposition of the complexes bis-(DL-valinato)copper(II) and bis-(DL-methioninato)copper(II) was carried out using thermogravimetry in a dynamic regime, following the theoretical model of Satava and including the equation used by Johnson and Gallagher:1/1––1=kt. Kinetic parameters were calculated and are compared with those obtained previously for the complex bis-(L-tryptophanato)copper(II). The sequence of thermal stability found is: Cu(DL-Val)₂22.

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Zusammenfassung Die thermische Zersetzung der Komplexe Bis-(DL-valinato)kupfer(II) und Bis-(DL-methioninato)kupfer(II) wurde thermogravimetrisch im dynamischen Regime untersucht, indem von dem theoretischen Modell von atava Gebrauch gemacht und die von Johnson und Gallagher benutzte Gleichung 1/1-–1=kt einbezogen wurde. Kinetische Parameter wurden berechnet und mit den kürzlich für den Komplex Bis-(L-tryptophanato)kupfer(II) erhaltenen parametern verglichen. Die Stabilität der Komplexe nimmt in folgender Reihenfolge zu: Cu(DL-Val)₂22.

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-(-)- -(L-) (II) , -: 1/1– –1=kt. -(L-) (II). Cu(DL-Val)₂22.

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Presented at the 1985 World Conference on Thermal Analysis, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.     

Oxidation of bis(4-toluenesulphonyl-L-serinato)copper(II) to bis(formylglycine)copper(II)

Summary Oxidation of L-serine occurs on degradation of bis(L-serinato)copper(II) and at the same time copper is reduced.     

Solid state reactions of organopentafluorosilicates with copper(I) and copper(II) salts

Two types of solid state reaction of K₂[RSiF₅] have been developed: (1) CuCl promoted homo coupling of alkenyl- and phenyl-silicates, and (2) formation of RH fraom alkyl- and alkenyl-silicates by heating with CuF₂·2H₂O.     

CopC protein from Pseudomonas syringae: intermolecular transfer of copper from both the copper(I) and copper(II) sites

The CopC protein from Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato is expressed as one of four proteins encoded by the operon CopABCD that is responsible for copper resistance. It is a small soluble molecule (10.5 kDa) with a beta-barrel structure and features two distinct copper binding sites, which are highly specific for Cu(I) (K(D) > or = 10(-)(13)) and Cu(II) (K(D) approximately 10(-)(15)). These dissociation constants were estimated via ligand competition experiments monitored by electronic spectral and fluorescence probes. The chemistries of the two copper sites are interdependent. When the Cu(II) site is empty, the Cu(I) ion is oxidized by air, but when both sites are occupied, the molecule is stable in air. The availability of an unoccupied site of higher affinity induces intermolecular transfer of either Cu(I) or Cu(II) while maintaining free copper ion concentrations in solution at sub-picomolar levels. This intriguing copper chemistry is consistent with the proposed role of CopC as a copper carrier in the oxidizing periplasmic space. These properties would allow it to exchange either Cu(I) or Cu(II) with its putative partners CopA, CopB, and CopD, contrasting with the role of the Cu(I) (only) chaperones found in the reducing cytoplasm.     

Studies of the effects of copper, copper(II) oxide and copper(II) chloride on the thermal degradation of poly(vinyl chloride)

Investigations of the pyrolysis of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) in the presence of copper metal (Cu), copper(II) oxide (CuO) and copper(II) chloride (CuCl₂) are of potential importance because of the likelihood of the formation of these copper compounds during the thermal degradation of PVC-coated copper wires, a step in the recovery of copper from waste. The presence of Cu, CuO and CuCl₂ (i) retards the thermal degradation of PVC in air and in nitrogen and (ii) decreases the percentages of volatile products produced at both stages of the decomposition. These effects are greatest for PVC-CuO. The presence of copper, CuO or CuCl₂ in PVC has a major effect on the nature of the gaseous emissions of the thermal decomposition in air and in nitrogen. The concentrations of total chlorine, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons and soot particulates are all affected relative to an equivalent amount of PVC. These changes are greatest for the PVC-CuO system for which total chlorine emissions in air and nitrogen are reduced by 40% in air and 20% in nitrogen, benzene emissions are reduced by greater than 90% in air and nitrogen, other aromatic and chloroaromatic emissions are reduced, and soot particulate emissions are reduced by more than 50% as the concentrations of aliphatic compounds are increased. These changes are consistent with the presence of copper or its compounds permitting more efficient combustion of the carbon content of the PVC and particularly in the case of PVC-CuO with the removal of chlorine during pyrolysis in the inorganic phase.     

Two different copper sites in hexakis(1-methyltetrazole)copper(II) bis(tetrafluoroborate)

An electron spin resonance study at temperatures between 300 and 4 K demonstrates that the two crystallographically inequivalent Cu(II) sites in the title compound are subject to different Jahn-Teller behaviour. It is shown that this is not induced by cooperative interactions between the Jahn-Teller sites but arises from the different lattice symmetries of the two sites.     

The interaction of carbon-centered radicals with copper(I) and copper(II) complexes*

Abstract

Although alkylcopper(I) reagents are widespread, compounds containing alkyl ligands on Cu^II or Cu^III are much less common. Such complexes, however, are generated as transient species when carbon-center radicals add to Cu^I or Cu^II complexes, respectively, and appear to be involved in several copper-catalyzed organic transformations. A few organocopper(II) and organocopper(III) complexes were found sufficiently robust to allow isolation and full characterization. This article reviews the reactivity of carbon-centered radicals with Cu^I and Cu^II ions, both in aqueous and non-aqueous environments, with focus on the importance of the resulting organocopper species on atom transfer radical polymerization and on copper-catalyzed radical termination.     

Oxidation of 3-hydroxyflavones in the presence of copper(I) and copper(II) chlorides

The reactions of 3-hydroxyflavones with dioxygen in the presence of CuCl and CuCl₂ have been studied. 2-Benzoyl-2-hydroxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone (2) was formed along with 2-hydroxybenzil (4), salicylic acid (5), benzoic acid (6), coumaronedione (8) and the depside (11). A copper(II) flavonolate complex has been also isolated.     

Systematic investigations of the multi-element preconcentration from copper by precipitation of the matrix as copper(I) oxide and copper(I) thiocyanate

Two methods for multi-element preconcentration from copper by reductive matrix precipitation are presented. In systematic investigations on the coprecipitation behaviour of Ag, Al, Au, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Ga, In, Mn, Mo, NJ, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Te and Zn during precipitation of the copper matrix as Cu₂O or CuSCN, the separation parameters were optimized. By combination with a hexamethyleneammonium hexamethylenedithiocarbamate collector precipitation, a concentration of 8 elements (Cu₂O precipitation) or 13 elements (CuSCN precipitation) in a small volume was achieved. The limits of detection of the procedures are, depending on the element, 0.1–5 μg g^?1 for flame atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and 0.01–0.1 μg g^?1 for graphite furnace AAS. The relative standard deviations are about 3%. The analytical performance of the procedures is compared with that of an electrolytic copper separation.     

Polyformylation of copper(II) porphyrins

Vilsmeier formylation of copper(II) octaethylporphyrin (1) is shown to yield the copper(II) complexes of meso-monoformyloctaethylporphyrin, meso-α,β- and meso-α,γ-diformyloctaethylporphyrins, meso-α,β,γ-triformyloctaethylporphyrin, and meso-α,β,γ,δ-tetraformyloctaethylporphyrin. There is therefore no difference in regioselectivity of meso-diformylation between the octaethylporphyrin and etioporphyrin-I series.