The vapour pressures of saturated aqueous solutions of magnesium,calcium, nickel and zinc acetates and molar enthalpies of solution of magnesium,calcium, zinc and lead acetates

Vapour pressures of water over saturated solutions of magnesium, calcium, nickel and zinc acetates were determined as a function of temperature. The vapour pressures served to evaluate the water activities, osmotic coefficients and molar enthalpies of vaporization. Molar enthalpies of solution of magnesium acetate tetrahydrate,Δ_solH_m (T =  294.71K ;m =  0.01 mol · kg ^− 1)  =  − (15.65  ±  0.97)kJ · mol ^− 1; calcium acetate,Δ_solH_m (T =  297.18K ;m =  0.01 mol · kg ^− 1)  =  − (28.15  ±  0.28)kJ · mol ^− 1; zinc acetate dihydrate,Δ_solH_m (T =  297.36K ;m =  0.01 mol · kg ^− 1)  =  − (22.49  ±  0.90)kJ · mol ^− 1and lead acetate trihydrate,Δ_solH_m (T =  297.36K ;m =  0.0086 mol · kg ^− 1)  =  (22.46  ±  0.94)kJ · mol ^− 1, were determined calorimetrically.     

Thermal and X-ray studies on double sulphates of uranium(IV) with magnesium,nickel, copper and zinc

Double sulphates of uranium(IV) with Mg, Ni, Cu and Zn with the general formula MU(SO₄)₃·8H₂O were prepared from their respective metal sulphates. All the four compounds are isostructural and belong to monoclinic system. The thermal decomposition at 850 °C results in a single phase of triuranates MU₃O₁₀ which on further heating above 980 °C decompose to give the metal oxide and U₃O₈ in case of Ni and Zn compounds and MUO₄ for Mg and Cu compounds. The activation energy for dehydration of these four compounds has been calculated using non-isothermal thermogravimetric data.

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Zusammenfassung Aus den entsprechenden Metallsulfaten wurden sulfatische Doppelsalze von Uran(IV) und Mg, Ni, Cu und Zn mit der allgemeinen Formel MU(SO₄)₃·8H₂O dargestellt. Alle vier Verbindungen besitzen die gleiche Struktur und gehören dem monoklinen System an. Bei der thermischen Zersetzung bei 850 °C entsteht ein MU₃O₁₀ Einphasentriuranat, welches durch weiteres Erhitzen über 980 °C in das entsprechende Metalloxid sowie im Falle der Ni- und Zn-Verbindungen in U₃O₈, bei den Mg- und Cu-Verbindungen in MUO₄ zerfällt. Unter Anwendung nichtisothermer thermogravimetrischer Daten wurde die Aktivierungsenergie für die Dehydratation dieser vier Verbindungen berechnet.

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, , , MU(SO₄)₃ · 8H₂O, . . 850° MU₃O₁₀, 980° U₃O₈ , MUO₄ . .

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The authors thank Dr. D. D. Sood, Head, Fuel Chemistry Division, for constant encouragement.     

Determination of the precise composition of the triple sodium uranyl acetates of magnesium, zinc and nickel, and some observations on the use of the first two compounds for the determination of sodium

Three triple sodium uranyl acetates NaM(UO(2))(3)(CH(3) COO)(9) . nH(2)O in which the bivalent metals M were magnesium, zinc and nickel, have been precipitated and the air-dried compounds analysed for uranium by a highly precise method. Despite contrary claims it has been established that the compounds are precise hexahydrates the maximum deviation of n from 6 in any one analysis being 0.1. The precipitation of sodium as the magnesium or zinc compound gives results which depend on the excess of the reagents, and positive errors can be obtained. It is also concluded that, contrary to the usual belief, the magnesium compound is rather less soluble than the zinc one and is therefore somewhat more sensitive for sodium determination.     

Electron impact mass spectrometry of the acetates of zinc,magnesium, cobalt and manganese

The electron impact mass spectra of the acetates of zinc, magnesium, cobalt and manganese have been investigated using a direct inlet probe. Volatile tetrahedral complexes are produced on heating, and ions of the form [M₄(OCOCH₃)₆O]^+˙ (M = Co and Mn) and [N₄(OCOCH₃)₅O]⁺ (N = Zn or Mg) are observed. A mixture of magnesium and cobalt acetates produces ions of the form [Mg_nCo_4–n(OCOCH₃)₆O]^+˙.     

Solution studies on chelates of nickel, zinc and cadmium with 2-thiopicolinanilide

The protonation constants of 2-thiopicolinanilide (TPA) and the stability constants of its complexes with Ni, Zn and Cd have been determined potentiometrically in 50% w/w ethanol-water medium, at 25 degrees and 0.100M ionic strength (LiClO(4)). Co-ordination centres in TPA are suggested.     

Synthesis,X-ray crystallography,spectroscopy, electrochemistry,thermal and kinetic study of uranyl Schiff base complexes

Uranyl(VI) complexes [UO₂(L)(solvent)], where L denotes an asymmetric N₂O₂ Schiff base (salpyr, 3-MeOsalpyr, 4-MeOsalpyr, 5-MeOsalpyr, 5-Clsalpyr or 5-Brsalpyr; salpyr is N,N′-bis(salicyliden)-2,3-diaminopyridine), were synthesized and characterized in solution (UV–vis, ¹H NMR, cyclic voltammetry) and in the solid-state (X-ray crystallography, IR, TGA, C H N.). X-ray crystallography of UO₂(3-MeOsalpyr) revealed coordination of the uranyl by the tetradentate Schiff base and one disordered solvent, resulting in seven-coordinate uranium. Another disordered solvent was not coordinated. Cyclic voltammetry of [U^VIO₂(L)(solvent)] in acetonitrile was used to investigate the effect of the substituents of the Schiff base ligands on oxidation and reduction potential. The quasi-reversible redox reaction without any successive reactions was accelerated by groups with lesser electron withdrawing. We also investigated the kinetics and mechanism of the exchange reaction of the coordinated solvent with tributylphosphine using spectrophotometric method. The second-order rate constants at four temperatures and activation parameters showed an associative mechanism for all corresponding complexes with the following trend: UO₂(5-Clsalpyr)?>?UO₂(5-Brsalpyr)?>?UO₂(3-MeOsalpyr)?>?UO₂(4-MeOsalpyr)?>?UO₂(salpyr)?>?UO₂(5-MeOsalpyr). It was concluded that the steric and electronic properties of the complexes were important for the reaction rate.     

Synthesis, characterisation and anion exchange properties of copper, magnesium, zinc and nickel hydroxy nitrates

Anion exchange reactions of four structurally related hydroxy salts, Cu₂(OH)₃NO₃, Mg₂(OH)₃NO₃, Ni₂(OH)₃NO₃ and Zn₃(OH)₄(NO₃)₂ are compared and trends rationalised in terms of the strength of the covalent bond between the nitrate group and the matrix cation. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and elemental analysis are used to characterise the materials. Replacement of the nitrate anions in the zinc and copper salts with benzoate anions is possible although exchange of the zinc salt is accompanied by modification of the layer structure from one where zinc is exclusively six-fold coordinated to a structure where there is both six- and four-fold zinc coordination. Magnesium and nickel hydroxy nitrates, on the other hand, hydrolyse to their respective metal hydroxides.     

Iron,nickel and zinc malates coordination compounds cynthesis,characterization and thermal behaviour

The coordinations compounds (NH₄)[Fe(C₄H₄O₅)(OH)₂]·0.5H₂O, [Ni(C₄H₄O₅)]·3H₂O and [Zn(C₄H₄O₅)]·5H₂O were synthesized by a precipitation method and characterized by chemical analysis, spectral (IR, UV-VIS) and magnetical investigations. In the range 50-600°C stepped thermal decompositions occur with formation of anhydrous malates, malonates, oxoacetates (iron and nickel compounds) and hydroxocarbonate (Zn compound) as intermediates observed by FT-IR spectroscopy. α-Fe₂O₃, NiO and ZnO constitute the final decomposition products. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Comparison between thermal analysis and mass spectroscopic studies of uranyl oxinates

The 5,7-dichloro, 5,7-dibromo, 5,7-diiodo and 5,6-dinitro derivatives of oxine (ligandsL ₁,–L ₄) were used to prepare uranyl chelates (A ₁–A ₄). Thermal analysis (DTA) and mass spectroscopic studies were performed. The stoichiometries of the chelates were determined by elemental analysis, molecular weight determination applying an -spectroscopic liquid scintillation counter and mass spectral measurements. The uranylligand ratios were found to be 11 for A₁, 13 for A₂, 12 (monohydrate) for A₃, and 12 forA ₄. The correlation between the thermal analysis and mass spectra was examined. The activation energy required for each step of thermal degradation of the ligands and chelates was calculated. The natures of most of the molecular ions obtained in the mass spectra were also explained.     

Infrared and thermal studies of uranyl(VI) complexes of antipyrine

Recently, the isolation and characterisation of a large number of uranyl(VI) complexes with neutral unidentate oxygen donor ligands having XO bonds (XC, N, P, S or As) have been reported [1–5]. Antipyrine (1-phenyl-2,3-dimethyl-5-pyrazolone), containing a polar carbonyl group, is found to form complexes with metal ions [6-13]. This communication describes the isolation and physico-chemical properties of the complexes formed by uranyl(VI) ions.     

Novel cluster ions from magnesium and zinc acetates in filament heated in-beam electron impact mass spectrometry

Mass spectral peaks of cluster ions believed to be due to penta-μ-acetato-μ₄-oxo-tetramagnesium and tri-μ-acetato-μ₃-oxo-trimagnesium, or the corresponding zinc compounds, were detected when magnesium acetate or zinc acetate was heated on a tungsten filament and impacted at the same time by an electron beam. Structures of these non-transition metal complexes are analogues of the so-called ‘electron-sponge’ complexes, [Ru₃O(OAc)₆L₃]. Previously reported new cluster ions from lithium acetate are formulated by similar structures.     

Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of magnesium nickel ferrites

Mössbauer spectra of magnesium nickel ferrites having spinel structure with varying percentages of nickel were obtained at room temperature. The split extreme high-resonance line could be resolved into two Lorentzians from which the cation distribution was calculated. The calculated cation distributions match very well with those obtained from magnetization measurements as well as from ferromagnetic resonance studies on the same samples. The observed quadrupole split and the hyperfine field values can be rationalized based on the obtained cation distributions.     

Thermal and X-ray diffraction analysis studies during the decomposition of ammonium uranyl nitrate

Two types of ammonium uranyl nitrate (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O and NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃, were thermally decomposed and reduced in a TG-DTA unit in nitrogen, air, and hydrogen atmospheres. Various intermediate phases produced by the thermal decomposition and reduction process were investigated by an X-ray diffraction analysis and a TG/DTA analysis. Both (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O and NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ decomposed to amorphous UO₃ regardless of the atmosphere used. The amorphous UO₃ from (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O was crystallized to γ-UO₃ regardless of the atmosphere used without a change in weight. The amorphous UO₃ obtained from decomposition of NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ was crystallized to α-UO₃ under a nitrogen and air atmosphere, and to β-UO₃ under a hydrogen atmosphere without a change in weight. Under each atmosphere, the reaction paths of (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O and NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ were as follows: under a nitrogen atmosphere: (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄ → NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → γ-UO₃ → U₃O₈, NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → α-UO₃ → U₃O₈; under an air atmosphere: (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄ → NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → γ-UO₃ → U₃O₈, NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → α-UO₃ → U₃O₈; and under a hydrogen atmosphere: (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·2H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄·H₂O → (NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₄ → NH₄UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → γ-UO₃ → α-U₃O₈ → UO₂, NH₄ UO₂(NO₃)₃ → A-UO₃ → β-UO₃ → α-U₃O₈ → UO₂.     

Spectroscopic,thermal and X-ray crystal structure studies of some bis-(pyrazine-2-carboxylato) nickel(II) complexes

Three nickel(II) complexes [Ni(PC)₂(H₂O)₂], 1, [Ni(PC)₂(TU)₂], 2 and [Ni(PC)₂(ABI)₂]· 2(H₂O), 3, PC?=?pyrazine-2-carboxylate, TU?=?thiourea and ABI?=?2-aminobenzimidazole, were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The complexes were also investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Structures of the monomeric complexes showed nickel(II) chelated to two PC ions from an oxygen atom of carboxylate ion and the adjacent hetero nitrogen atom. The three complexes were crystallized in a monoclinic system with P2 ₁ /c space group for 1, while 2 and 3 had C2/c space groups. The structure of 1 showed two coordinated water molecules occupying the trans positions of a slightly elongated octahedron. The structure of 2 consisted of two PC ions and two thiourea molecules in trans positions. The structure of 3 was different and showed a highly distorted octahedron with two ABI molecules chelated to the nickel ion in cis positions through their hetero nitrogen atoms. Two water molecules of crystallisation were shown in the structure of 3.     

Synthesis, photophysical and thermal studies of symmetrical and unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines

The novel zinc phthalocyanine (3) with malonylester and chloro groups on each benzo unit was synthesized from 4-diethoxymalonyl-5-chloro-phthalonitrile (1). The unsymmetrically substituted zinc phthalocyanine (5), carrying hexylthio, malonylester and chloro groups at the periphery, was obtained from 4-diethoxymalonyl-5-chloro-phthalonitrile (1) and 4,5-bis-hexylsulfanyl-phthalonitrile (2) by a statistical condensation method as an A₃B type unsymmetrical phthalocyanine compound. Transesterification of the malonyl esters of the new symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanines occurred during the cyclotetramerization of dinitriles with Zn(CH₃COO)₂ in 1-pentanol in the presence of DBU. Octa-hexylthio-substituted zinc phthalocyanine (4) was prepared according to the literature. The photophysical and thermal properties of all the phthalocyanine complexes are described for the first time. These novel symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanine macrocycles have been characterized by a series of spectroscopic methods including ¹H NMR, electronic absorption, IR and mass spectroscopy, in addition to elemental analysis. Their narrow long wavelength absorption band shows that the bulky substituents on the periphery prevent aggregation. The unsymmetrically substituted phthalocyanine (5) gave a greater fluorescence quantum yield in chloroform than the symmetrical analogues (3 and 4).     

Synthesis,characterization, anticancer activity,thermal and electrochemical studies of some novel uranyl Schiff base complexes

Some tetradentate N₂O₂ Schiff base ligands, such as N,N′-bis(naphtalidene)-1,2-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(naphtalidene)-4-methyl-1,2-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(naphtalidene)-4-chloro-1,2-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(naphtalidene)-4-nitro-1,2-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(naphtalidene)-4-carboxyl-1,2-phenylenediamine, and their uranyl complexes were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR, IR, UV–Vis spectroscopy, TG (thermogravimetry), and elemental analysis (C.H.N.). Thermogravimetric analysis shows that uranyl complexes have very different thermal stabilities. This method is used also to establish that only one solvent molecule is coordinated to the central uranium ion and this solvent molecule does not coordinate strongly and is removed easier than the tetradentate ligand and also trans oxides. The electrochemical properties of the uranyl complexes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. Electrochemistry of these complexes showed a quasireversible redox reaction without any successive reactions. Also, the kinetic parameters of thermal decomposition were calculated using Coats–Redfern equation. According to Coats–Redfern plots the kinetics of thermal decomposition of the studied complexes is first-order in all stages. Anticancer activity of the uranyl Schiff base complexes against cancer cell lines (Jurkat) was studied and determined by MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide) assay.     

Spectroscopic, thermal and electrochemical studies on some nickel(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes

Several complexes of thiosemicarbazone derivatives with Ni(II) have been prepared. Structural investigation of the ligands and their complexes has been made based on elemental analysis, magnetic moment, spectral (UV-Vis, i.r., (1)H NMR, ms), and thermal studies. The i.r. spectra suggest the bidentate mononegative and tridentate (neutral, mono-, and binegative) behavior of the ligands. Different stereochemistries were suggested for the isolated complexes. The thermogravimetry (TG) and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) have been used to study the thermal decomposition and kinetic parameters of some ligands and complexes using the Coats-Redfern and Horowitz-Metzger equations. The redox properties and stability of the complexes toward oxidation waves explored by cyclic voltammetry are related to the electron withdrawing or releasing ability of the substituent of thiosemicarbazone moiety. The samples displayed Ni(II)/Ni(I) couples irreversible waves associated with Ni(III)/Ni(II) process.