Kinetics and mechanism of silver(I) catalyzed oxidation of coordinated formate by peroxydisulphate

Summary The oxidation of coordinated formate in the complexcis [Co(en)₂(NH₂R)(O₂CH)]²⁺ (R=H, Me or Et) by peroxydisulphate is catalyzed by Ag⁽¹⁾. Comparison between the rates of oxidation and of acid catalyzed equation of the formato complexes shows that the former is not substitution controlled. The observed pseudo first order rate constant was found to be first order with respect to the concentration of each of the reactantsi.e. the complex, Ag⁽¹⁾, and the oxidant. The rate and activation parameters for the oxidation process are reported. The major product of oxidation was found to be thecis(aquo)pentamine cobalt(III) [cis[Co(en)₂(NH₂R)OH₂]³⁺]; cobalt(II) was produced only <5%. The oxidation largely involves two electron transfer from the formate ligand, which is consistent with the hydride transfer mechanism.     

Micellar aggregates and hydrogels from phosphonobile salts

The aggregation properties of novel bile acid analogs-phosphonobile salts (PBS)-have been studied. The critical micellar concentration of 23 and 24-phosphonobile salts were measured using fluorescence and 31P NMR methods. All the ten synthesized phosphonobile salts formed gels at different pH ranges in water. The pH range at which individual PBSs could gelate water was narrow and influenced by the number and conformation of hydroxyl groups. A reversible thermochromic system has been developed (with 23-phosphonodeoxycholate at pH 3.3), which changes color upon gelation. The investigation of the first hydrogels derived from trihydroxy bile acid analogs 1 and 6 was made using fluorescence, 31P NMR, X-ray crystallography, circular dichroism and SEM. The present studies reveal that the gel network consists of a chiral, fibrous structure possessing hydrophobic interiors.