Inorganic coordination polymers. XII. Chromium(III) tris(phosphinates)

Cohesive films of a series of chromium(III) tris(phosphinates)[Cr(OPRR′O)(OPR″-R?O)(OPR^*R^**O)]_y in which the side groups on the phosphorus are alkyl, phenyl, and/or hydrogen groups have been prepared by reaction casting or by hot pressing. The preparative reaction appears to involve conversion of an aquahydroxo or hydroxo chromium(III) bis(phosphinate) to an intermediate hydroxo bis(phosphinate) containing coordinated phosphinic acid followed by an intrachain reaction leading to the tris(phosphinate). Tensile strengths of the chromium(III) tris(phosphinates) range from 100 to 5600 psi, elongations from less than 1 to 100%. Thermogravimetric data indicate that major decomposition occurs at temperatures from 200 to 435°C in air and from 410 to 510°C in nitrogen. Infrared spectra and physical properties are interpreted to support a structure for the chromium(III) tris(phosphinates) which is based on linear, triple-bridged chains. The presence of octyl or other long alkyl side groups on the phosphorus improves the physical properties, presumably by internal plasticization, but leads to decreased thermal stability.     

Mixed Ligand Complexes of Chromium (III) Ethylenediamine Tartrate: A Polarographic Study

Polarographic techniques have been used to investigate the complexing behaviour of chromium (III)-ethylenediamine-tartrate in aqueous solution. These complexes are reduced irreversibly at the dropping mercury electrode. The stability constants have been calculated by the method of Sundaresan and Sundaram. The values of the kinetic parameters; standard rate constant (K_s), transfer coefficient (α) and activation energy (Q) have also been calculated in each case.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Chromium(III)‐guanosine 5‐Monophosphate Complex by Periodate

The kinetics of oxidation of the chromium(III)‐guanosine 5‐monophosphate complex, [Cr^III(L)(H₂O)₄]³⁺(L = guanosine 5‐monophosphate) by periodate in aqueous solution to Cr^VI have been studied spectrophotometrically over the 25–45 °C range. The reaction is first order with respect to both [IO₄^?] and [Cr^III], and increases with pH over the 2.38–3.68 range. Thermodynamic activation parameters have been calculated. It is proposed that electron transfer proceeds through an inner‐sphere mechanism via coordination of IO₄^? to chromium(III).     

Chromium(II) Complexes with Hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic Acid

The complex formation of chromium(II) with hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic acid (HEDP, H₅L) in an aqueous solution is studied by spectrophotometry. The pH region is determined where the HEDP complexonates of chromium(II) are stable. The effect of pH on the complexation and the composition of the coordination sphere of the complex ions is shown. The optimum conditions for the practical application of HEDP as a stabilizing ligand are chosen. The instability constants for tetra-, tri-, di-, and monoprotonated and neutral chromium(II) hydroxyethylidenediphosphonate complexes were calculated, whose pK were found to be 1.21, 2.43, 6.87, 12.60, 19.40, respectively. A new complex of chromium(II), Na₄[Cr(H₂L)₂ · 2H₂O] · 4H₂O, was isolated from a solution and characterized using elemental, IR spectroscopic, and thermographic analyses.     

Biphasic oxidation of diaquadichloro(1,10-phenanthroline)chromium(III) by N-bromosuccinimide and the formation of chromium(IV) and chromium(V)

The kinetics of oxidation of diaquadichloro(1,10-phenanthroline)chromium(III) complex, [Cr^III(phen)(H₂O)₂Cl₂]⁺, by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) is biphasic. The first faster step involves the oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(IV). The second slower step is due to the oxidation of Cr(IV) to Cr(V). The reaction product is isolated and characterized by electron spin resonance (ESR), IR, and elemental analysis. The chromium(V) product is consistent with the formula [Cr^V(phen)Cl₂(O)]Br. The rate constants k_f and k_s, for the faster and the slower steps respectively, were obtained using an Origin 9.0 software program. Values of both k_f and k_s, varied linearly with [NBS] at constant reaction conditions. The effect of pH on the reaction rate is investigated over the pH (4.11–6.01) range at 25.0°C. The rate constants k_f and k_s increased with increasing pH. This is consistent with hydroxo forms of the chromium species being more reactive than the aqua forms. Chromium(III) complexes, more often than not, are inert. The oxidation of the Cr(III) complex to Cr(IV), most likely, proceeds by an outer sphere mechanism. Since chromium(IV) is labile the mechanism of its oxidation to chromium(V) is not certain.     

Biphasic Oxidation of cis‐Diaquabis(1,10‐phenanthroline)chromium(III) by N‐Bromosuccinimide and the Formation of Chromium(IV) and Chromium(V)

The oxidation of cis‐diaquabis(1,10‐phenanthroline)chromium(III) [cis‐Cr^III(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]³⁺ by ‐bromosuccinimide (NBS) to yield cis‐dioxobis(1,10‐phenanthroline)chromium(V) has been studied spectrophotometrically in the pH 1.57–3.56 and 5.68–6.68 ranges at 25.0°C. The reaction displayed biphasic kinetics at pH < 4.0 and a simple first order at the pH > 5.0. In the low pH range, the reaction proceeds by two successive steps; the first faster step corresponds to the oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(IV), and the second slower one corresponds to the oxidation of Cr(IV) to Cr(V), the final product of the reaction. The formation of both Cr(IV) and Cr(V) has been detected by electron spin resonance (ESR). The ESR clearly showed the formation and decay of Cr(IV) as well as the formation of Cr(V). Each oxidation process exhibited a first‐order dependence on the initial [Cr(III)]. The pseudo–first‐order rate constants k₃₄ and k₄₅, for the faster and slower steps, respectively, were obtained by a computer program using Origin7.0. Both rate constants showed first‐order dependence on [NBS] and increased with increasing pH.     

Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies of Chromium(III) Removal by Macroporous Ion Exchanger Amberlyst‐15 (H+)

Chromium(III) sorption on macroporous strong cation exchanger Amberlyst‐15 (H⁺) was studied as a function of time and temperature. The rate constant values for chromium(III) sorption were calculated both for film and particle diffusion processes. The temperature was found to have a positive effect on both the diffusional processes. From the rate constant values, the energy of activation was calculated using the well‐known Arrhenius equation. The high values of energy of activation confirmed the film diffusional nature of the process. Equilibrium data were explained with the help of Langmuir equation. Various thermodynamic parameters (ΔH^?, ΔS^? and ΔG^?) from chromium(III) exchange on the resin were calculated. The ΔG^? values were found to be negative while both the ΔH^? and ΔS^? were positive.     

Complexes of zinc 5,15-di(ortho-methoxyphenyl)octaalkylporphyrinate with nitrogen-containing bases

The formation of molecular complexes of zinc 5,15-di(ortho-methoxyphenyl)-2,8,12,18-tetramethyl-3,7,13,17-tetrabutylporphyrinate (ZnP) with nitrogen-containing bases L (L is imidazole, 2-methylimidazole, pyridine, 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, or dimethylformamide) in benzene is studied by spectrophotometry and computer simulation. The nature of an additional molecular ligand affects the stability of the macrocyclic complex (L)ZnP. The stability constant of this complex increases linearly with an increase in the basicity of the extra ligand and is proportional to the shift of the main absorption bands in the electronic spectra (Q(0–1), B (Soret band)). The molecular structures of zinc porphyrinate and its extra complexes are optimized by the PM3 quantum-chemical method. Their geometric and energy parameters are calculated. Correlations between the calculated energies of interaction of the central metal atom with the nitrogen atom of the extra ligand and the stability of (L)ZnP are found. The dependence of the zinc-extra ligand bond strength on the basicity of the additional molecular ligand is determined on the basis of the experimental and calculated data. The coordination properties of the compound under study are found to be affected by steric strains.     

Crystal Structure and Spin Frustration Behavior of an Oxo‐centered Trinuclear Chromium(III) Complex

A trinuclear chromium(III) complex, [Cr₃O(HCO₂)₆(CH₃OH)₃]NO₃·H₂O·CH₃OH ( 1 ), is synthesized and structurally characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Three chromium(III) ions are bridged by one oxygen atom in the center, forming a triangular structure. The HCOO ^? anion acts as bidentate ligand and bridges couples of Cr(III) ions. Magnetic susceptibility measurement indicates that a strong antiferromagnetic interaction is operative between chromium(III) ions, and the S = 1/2 ground state reveals normal spin frustration behavior.     

Logistic Model of Ligand Selection for Chromium-Plating Electrolytes Based on Cr(III) Complexes

The effect of the ligand nature in chromium(III) complexes on chromium electrodeposition was studied. The predicting logistic model of ligand selection for chromium-plating electrolytes was constructed from experimental data. It was found that high-quality chromium coatings can be deposited from electrolytes of chromium(III) complexes with a ligand having the following acid–basic characteristics in the protonated form: pK ₁ < 4.0 and 4.0 < pK _n < 18.6. The proposed model was verified experimentally and used to prepare a chromium-plating electrolyte based on a chromium(III) malonate complex, which gives high-quality chromium coatings over a wide current density range.     

Acid–Basic Properties of Al(III), Ga(III), and In(III) Complexes with Octaphenyltetraazaporphine

Al(III), Ga(III), and In(III) complexes with octaphenyltetraazaporphine and halide axial ligands of the composition [(X)MTAP] (X = F, Cl, Br) and In(III) complexes with bidentate ligands of the composition [(Y)InTAP] (Y = nitrite (NO₂) and 2,3-naphthodiolate (NpO₂)) were synthesized. The acid–basic properties of the complexes were studied in the proton-donor media and the concentration stability constants of the acidic forms obtained at the first protonation stage were determined. The effect of the nature of a metal and extra ligand on the basic properties of meso-nitrogen atom in macrocyclic ligand was discussed.     

Effect of steric strains in the macroring on the structure and properties of molecular complexes of (chloro)[5,15-(p-butoxyphenyl)-2,8,12,17-tetramethyl-3,7,13,17-tetrabutylporphinato]aluminum

The chelate (Cl)AlP was prepared by complexation of porphine (P) with aluminum(III) chloride in refluxing pyridine. Equilibrium coordination of nitrogen-containing ligands (L = 2-methylimidazole, imidazole, pyridine, 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, dimethylformamide) with (Cl)AlP in benzene was studied by spectrophotometric titration and computer simulation. Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the reaction were obtained. The structure of the mixed-ligand complex formed by intermolecular interaction of the metal porphyrin with a base was determined spectrophotometrically and by quantum-chemical calculations. An effect of additional molecular ligand and of steric strain in the macroring on the stability of the complex was noted. The stability constant (K _s) increases with an increase in the basicity (K _BH ⁺) of the extra ligand and is proportional to the shift of the main bands (?λ) in the electronic absorption spectra. The geometric and energy characteristics of hexacoordinated aluminum porphyrin were calculated by the PM3 method. Correlations were found between the calculated energy of the interaction of the aluminum atom with the base molecule (E _b) and stability of the mixed-ligand complexes (Cl)Al(L)P. The cis and trans effects in the complexes (Cl)Al(L)P were analyzed. The dependence of the strength of the Al-L bond on the nature of the porphyrin and the basicity of the additional molecular ligand was determined from the experimental data and calculation results.     

铬(III)离子催化铈(IV)离子氧化四氢糠醇的反应动力学及机理

在酸性介质中用氧化还原滴定法研究了铈(IV)离子在铬(III)离子催化作用下, 于25～40 ℃区间氧化四氢糠醇的反应动力学. 结果表明反应对铈(IV)和四氢糠醇均为一级. 准一级速率常数k_obs随催化剂[Cr(III)]增加而增大, 亦随[H^＋]增加而增大, 而随增加而减小. 在氮气保护下, 反应不能引发丙烯酰胺聚合, 说明在反应中没有自由基产生. 提出了催化剂、底物和氧化剂间生成双核加合物的反应机理. 通过k_obs与的依赖关系, 并结合Ce(IV)在溶液中的平衡, 找到了本反应体系的动力学活性物种是Ce(SO₄)₂. 还计算出一些速率常数及相应的活化参数.     

Preconcentration and Spectrophotometric Determination of Chromium (VI) and Total Chromium in Drinking Water by the Sorption of Chromium Diphenylcarbazone with Surfactant Coated Alumina

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive method for determining chromium (VI) in drinking water by spectrophotometry after preconcentration with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) coated alumina column is described. Chromium(VI) is reacted with diphenylcarbazide (DPC) and the Cr-DPC complex is quantitatively adsorbed onto a SDS coated alumina column from 800 ml of sample solution. The complex is then eluted with a 8 ml mixture of methanol, acetone and hydrochloric acid and determined by spectrophotometry. Total chromium can be determined after oxidation of chromium (III) to chromium (VI) by KMnO₄. The relative standard deviation (10 replicate analyses) at the 10 μg l^?1 of chromium (VI) and 10 μg l^?1 of total chromium were 3.5% and 3.4% and corresponding limits of detection (based on 3 σ) were 0.040 μg l^?1 and 0.033 μg l^?1, respectively.     

Reaction of dirhodium(II) tetraacetate with S-methyl-L-cysteine

Abstract

The reaction of antitumor active dirhodium(II) tetraacetate, [Rh₂(AcO)₄], with S-methyl-L-cysteine (HSMC) was studied at the pH of mixing (=4.8) in aqueous media at various temperatures under aerobic conditions. The results from UV–vis spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI–MS) showed that HSMC initially coordinates via its sulfur atom to the axial positions of the paddlewheel framework of the dirhodium(II) complex, and was confirmed by the crystal structure of [Rh₂(AcO)₄(HSMC)₂]. After some time (48?h at 25?°C), or at elevated temperature (40?°C), Rh-SMC chelate formation causes breakdown of the paddlewheel structure, generating the mononuclear Rh(III) complexes [Rh(SMC)₂]⁺, [Rh(AcO)(SMC)₂] and [Rh(SMC)₃], as indicated by ESI–MS. These aerobic reaction products of [Rh₂(AcO)₄] with HSMC have been compared with those of the two proteinogenic sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cysteine. Comparison shows that the (S,N)-chelate ring size influences the stability of the [Rh₂(AcO)₄] paddlewheel cage structure and its Rh^II–Rh^II bond, when an amino acid with a thioether group coordinates to dirhodium(II) tetraacetate.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of chromium(III)–dipicolinic acid complex by N-bromosuccinimide

The kinetics of oxidation of the chromium(III)–dipicolinic acid complex [Cr^III(DPA)₂(H₂O)₂]^– by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in aqueous solution to Cr^VI have been studied spectrophotometrically over the 20–40 °C range. The reaction is first order with respect to both [NBS] and [Cr^III], and increases with pH over the 5.92–6.93 range. Thermodynamic activation parameters were calculated. It is proposed that electron transfer proceeds through an inner-sphere mechanism via coordination of [NBS] to chromium(III).     

Effect of macrocycle deformation and electronic effects of substituents on the stability of zinc-5,15-di(o-nitrophenyl)octaalkylporphyrin molecular complexes

The process of intermolecular interaction of zinc-5,15-di(o-nitrophenyl)-octaalkylporphyrin with nitrogen-containing bases of various sturctures was studied using the method of absorption spectroscopy. A dependence of stability of axial zinc-porphyrin complex on electronic effects of nitro groups and basic properties of extra ligand is revealed. By quantum-chemical PM3 method geometric structure and energetic characteristics of optimized molecules of zinc-porphyrin and its axial complexes was calculated. The influence of conformational effects of the porphyrin ligands on the strength of σ-bond of zinc with nitrogen atom of the nitrogen base (Zn-N_L) was revealed. It was established that the formation of the Zn-N_L bond proceeded with the change in the type and degree of deformation of the macrocycle in the molecular complex. Correlations between the calculated values of energy of Zn-N_L bond and stability of the axial complexes were found.

     

Coordination of Aza Heterocycles with Macroheterocyclic Metal Complexes in Amphiprotic Media: II. Kinetics of Outer-Sphere Ligand Exchange in Chromium(III) Tetrphenylporphyrinate

Rate constants and activation parameters for substitution of alcohols with aza heterocycles in the chromium(III) (acetate)tetraphenylporphyrinate complex were calculated. The nature of the leaving ligand significantly affects the activation parameters. Increased strength of the H bond in the outer coordination sphere of the macrocyclic complex decreases the substitution rate constant. The logarithms of the reaction rate constants linearly vary with heteroring basicity. An SN2 mechanism and an appreciable effect of the heteroring on the transition state are suggested.     

Rates of Chromium(VI)-Oxidation of Benzocyclenols

The oxidation rate of benzocyclobutenol ( 6 ) and of the homologous alcohols up to 1-benzocyclo-octenol ( 7 ) with chromium (VI) has been determined in 90% acetic acid. The rate profile for the oxidation reaction is similar to that obtained for the solvolysis of the corresponding chlorides, and clearly shows a low reactivity for the benzocyclobutenyl skeleton, for reactions in which the hybridization changes from sp³ to sp². On the other hand, semicarbazone formation occurs faster with benzocyclobutenone ( 6a ) than with the homologous ketones. The implication of these results for the oxidation mechanism is discussed.     

Solid-Phase Substitution of Ammonia in Hexaamine Heteroligand Complexes of Chromium(III) with Cyclic Tetraamines

The solid-phase substitution of ammonia in heteroligand hexaamine complexes of chromium(III) with cyclic tetraamines was studied. The kinetic stability of these compounds, determined from the value of the activation energy, is lower than for other hexaamine compounds of chromium(III). This is due to the weakening of the Cr—NH₃ bonds and to the less close packing of the ions in the crystal lattice. For complexes with the trans structure the thermal stability increases in the series of tetraazamacrocyclic ligands teta < cyclam < TMC.