A permeation liquid membrane system for determination of nickel in seawater

The use of a permeation liquid membrane system for the preconcentration and separation of nickel in natural and sea waters and subsequent determination by atomic absorption spectroscopy is presented. 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde N-ethylthiosemi-carbazone (2-HBET) in toluene is used as the active component of the liquid membrane. A study strategy based on a simplex design has been followed. Several chemical and physical parameters were optimized. Maximum permeation coefficient was obtained at a feed solution pH of 9.4, 0.3 mol l⁻¹ of HNO₃ in the stripping solution and 1.66 mmol l⁻¹ of 2-HBTE in toluene as carrier. The precision of the method was 4.7% at 95% significance level and a detection limit of 0.012 μg l⁻¹ of nickel was achieved. The preconcentration procedure showed a linear response within the studied concentration range from 3 to 500 μg l⁻¹ of Ni in the feed solution. The method was validated with different spiked synthetic seawater and certified reference water samples: TMDA-62 and LGC 6016, without matrix interferences and showing good concordance with the certified values, being the relative errors −5.9% and −2.2%, respectively. Under optimal conditions, the average preconcentration yield for real seawater samples was 98 ± 5%, with a nickel preconcentration factor of 20.83 and metal concentrations ranging between 2.8 and 5.4 μg l⁻¹.     

Use of hexamminecobalt(III)-tricarbonatocobaltate(III) as a redox titrant for the potentiometric estimation of some organic compounds

Hexamminecobalt(III)-tricarbonatocobaltate(III) was prepared, and its bicarbonate solution was standardized against ferrous ammonium sulfate using Ferroin indicator. The Co solution was used as an oxidimetric reagent for the determination of organic systems.Hydroquinone as a reversible system undergoes fast electrochemical reactions, so it can be determined with the Co(III) complex, which acts as an irreversible titrant. Thus it can be determined with both visual and potentiometric methods. Standardized hydroquinone solutions in H₂SO₄ medium gave very similar results when determined potentiometrically against standard Co(III) solution. The acid medium is important for liberating Co(III) ions. Hydrochloric acid behaves similarly but perchloric acid interferes with the reaction. Diluting the hydroquinone solutions had no effect on the determinations. The potentiometric endpoint coincides with the discharge of the color if Ferroin has been present.p-Aminophenol, p-phenylenediamine, and Metol (p-hydroxy-N-methylaniline), which slow or hinder the electrochemical reaction, do not indicate a distinct potential change at the endpoint, so cannot be determined potentiometrically. Their chemical reactions are fast enough to be titrated visually against Co(III) complex using Ferroin indicator. Titration curves representing biamperometric measurements of these solutions fulfill these results.Hydrazine sulfate and isonicotinic acid hydrazide as irreversible systems cannot react with Co(III) and thus cannot be determined either potentiometrically or visually as both electrochemical and chemical reactions are slow to be recognized.     

Studies with enaminones: The reaction of enaminones with aminoheterocycles. A route to azolopyrimidines,azolopyridines and quinolines

The enaminones 1b,d,f react with 4‐phenyl‐3‐methyl‐5‐pyrazoleamine 3a to yield the pyrazole derivatives 4a‐c that cyclised readily on reflux in pyridine solution in presence of hydrochloric acid to yield the pyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines 5a‐c. Similarly 3(5)‐amino‐1H‐triazole (3b) reacted with 1b,d,f to yield the triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines 5d‐f. In contrast attempted condensation of the 5‐tetrazoloamine (3c) with 1a,d,e resulted in its trimerisation and only triaroylbenzene 8a,d,e was isolated. The reaction of 1a,b,d with anthranilonitrile 9a and the reaction of 1a‐c with the 2‐aminocyclohexene thiophene‐3‐nitrile 10a afforded the cis enaminones 11a‐c and 12a‐c. Similarly, reaction of 1a‐c with the methylanthranilate 9b and reaction of 1b,e with ethyl 2‐aminocyclohexene thiophene‐3‐carboxylate 10b afforded the cis enaminones 11d‐f and 12d,e respectively. Attempted cyclization of 11a‐c into quinoline failed. Successful cyclization of 11d into the quinolinone 13 could be affected, on heating for five minutes in a domestic microwave oven at full power. The reaction of 1a‐c,f with piperidine afforded the trans enaminones 14a‐d. Similarly, trans 14e was formed from the reaction of 1b with morpholine. The coupling reaction of 1b with excess of benzene diazonium chloride afforded the formazane 16. The enaminone 2 reacted with heterocyclic amines to yield the pyridones 17,18.     

Degradation thermique et etude vibrationnelle de MII(NH4)4(P3O9)2x4H2O(M II=Cu2+, Ni2+, Co2+)

We have studied the thermal behaviour under atmospheric pressure of isotypic tetrahydrate cyclotriphosphates M^II(NH₄)₄(P₃O₉)₂x4H₂O (M ^II=Cu, Ni and Co), between 25 and 1400°C, by X-ray diffraction, thermal analyses (TG and DTA) and infrared spectrometry. This study shows that the series of the compounds M^II(NH₄)₄(P₃O₉)₂x4H₂O (M ^II=Cu, Ni and Co) after elimination of water, in two different stages, and ammonia leads, at 400°C to cyclotetraphosphate M₂ ^IIP₄O₁₂ crystallized and to a thermal residue with a formula H₄P₄O₁₂ which undergoes under a thermal degradation by evolving water and pentoxide phosphorus. The kinetic characteristics of the dehydration and elimination of ammonia have been determinated. The vibrational spectra of Cu(NH₄)₄(P₃O₉)₂x4H₂O were examined and interpreted, in the domain of the valency frequencies, on the basis of the crystalline structure of its isotypic compound Co(NH₄)₄(P₃O₉)₂x4H₂O whose cycle has the site symmetry C₁, of our results of the calculation of the IR frequencies and the successive isotopic substitutions of the equivalent atoms (3P, 3Oi and 6Oe belonging to the P₃Oi₃Oe₆ ring) of the P₃O₉ ³⁻ cycle with high symmetry D_3h. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Enantioselective synthesis of (1S,2S)-1,2-di-tert-butyl and (1R,2R)-1,2-di-(1-adamantyl)ethylenediamines

An enantioselective synthesis of sterically congested 1,2-di-tert-butyl and 1,2-di-(1-adamantyl)ethylenediamines has been developed. Thus, diastereomerically pure trans-1-apocamphanecarbonyl-4,5-dimethoxy-2-imidazolidinones 6 and 7 were successfully prepared by optical resolution of (±)-trans-4,5-dimethoxy-2-imidazolidinone using apocamphanecarbonyl chloride (MAC-Cl) followed by stereospecific and stepwise substitution of the dimethoxyl groups using tert-butyl or 1-adamantyl cuprates to provide (4S,5S)-4,5-di-tert-butyl and (4R,5R)-4,5-di-(1-adamantyl)-2-imidazolidinones 12 and 15, respectively. Furthermore, N-acetyl 4,5-di-tert-butyl and 4,5-di-(1-adamantyl)-2-imidazolidinones 16a,b were enantioselectively deacetylated using a catalytic oxazaborolidine system to provide enantiopure 1-p-tolylsulfonyl-4,5-di-tert-butyl-2-imidazolidinones 12 and 19 and 1-p-tolylsulfonyl-4,5-di-(1-adamantyl)-2-imidazolidinones 18 and 20, respectively. Finally, N-p-tolylsulfonyl-2-imidazolidinones 12 and 15 were treated with 30 equiv of Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O to achieve ring cleavage and to provide (1S,2S)-1,2-di-tert-butylethylenediamine 3 and (1R,2R)-1,2-di-(1-adamantyl)ethylenediamine 4.     

Electrochemical polarization and passivation of iron in acid solutions

Summary The potentiodynamic polarization of the iron electrode in sulphuric acid solutions was studied. The formation of a passivating film on the electrode upon anodic oxidation in sulphuric acid solution depends on the concentration of the acid. Addition of Cl^– ions to sulphuric acid solutions raises the current densities along both the active and passive regions. The difference between the dissolution current in halogen-containing media and solutions devoid of these ions, i. e., the enhancing effect of Cl^– ions, i, varies with the aggressive ions concentration according to log i=a ₅+b ₅ logC _agg. Organic carboxylates enhance the active dissolution of iron through their participation in the dissolution mechanism, while they inhibit pitting corrosion through competitive adsorption with Cl^– ions for adsorption sites on the metal surface.

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Elektrochemische Polarisation und Passivierung von Eisen in sauren Lösungen

Zusammenfassung Es wurde die potentiodynamische Polarisierung der Eisenelektrode in schwefelsauren Lösungen untersucht. Die Ausbildung eines passivierenden Films auf der Eisenelektrode nach der anodischen Oxidation hängt von der Säurekonzentration ab. Zugabe von Cl^–-Ionen zur Schwefelsäurelösung erhöht die Stromdichten sowohl in den aktiven als auch den passiven Bereichen. Der entsprechende Lösungsstrom mit bzw. ohne diese Ionen, also der verstärkende Effekt der Cl^–-Ionen variiert mit der Konzentration der aggressiven Ionen: log i=a ₅+b ₅ logc _agg. Organische Carboxylate verstärken die aktive Lösung von Eisen durch ihre Teilnahme am Lösungsmechanismus, andererseits inhibieren sie Narben-Korrosion, da sie mit den Cl^–-Ionen bezüglich möglicher Adsorptionsstellen an der Metalloberfläche konkurrieren.

     

Effect of substituents at silicon on the oxidative addition of trisubstituted silanes to [RhCl(cod)PPh3]

Summary Trisubstituted silanes, HSiR_3–n X _n (R = Me, Et, Pr or Bu; X = Cl, OEt or Ph; and n = 0–3) readily undergo oxidative addition to complex [RhCl(cod)PPh₃] (where cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene).The quantitative correlation between rate constants, k ₁, of the reaction, followed spectrophotometrically at 20 °C in benzene solutions, and the structure of tri-substituted silanes represented by stereoelectronic parameters , and E of the substituents, was established: logk ₁ = a + b + c + dE. The reaction rate is accelerated by electron-withdrawing substituents at silicon and retarded by the bulk and pd donation of nonalkyl substituents.Author to whom all correspondence should be directed.     

A proton NMR study on aggregation of cationic surfactants in water: effects of the structure of the headgroup

 ¹H NMR chemical shifts of solutions of the following cationic surfactants in D₂O were determined as a function of their concentrations: cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, CTACl, a 1 : 1 molar mixture of CTACl and toluene, cetylpyridinium chloride, CPyCl, cetyldimethylphenylam-monium chloride, CDPhACl, cetyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride, CDBzACl, cetyldimethyl-2-phenylethylammonium chloride, CDPhEtACl, and cetyldimethyl-3-phenylpropylammonium chloride, CDPhPrACl. Plots of observed chemical shifts versus [surfactant] are sigmoidal, and were fitted to a model based on the mass-action law. Satisfactory fitting was obtained for the discrete protons of all surfactants. From these fits, we calculated the equilibrium constant for micelle formation, K, the critical micelle concentration, CMC and the chemical shifts of the monomer, δ_mon and the micelle δ_mic. ¹H NMR-based CMC values are in excellent agreement with those which we determined by surface tension measurements of surfactant solutions in H₂O, allowing for the difference in structure between D₂O and H₂O. Values of K increase as a function of increasing the size of the hydrophilic group, but the free energy of transfer per CH₂ group of the phenylalkyl moiety from bulk water to the micellar interface is approximately constant, 1.9±0.1 kJ mol^-1. Values of (δ_mic–δ_mon) for the surfactant groups at the interface, e.g., CH₃–(CH₂)₁₅–N+(CH₃)₂ and within the micellar core, e.g., CH₃–(CH₂)₁₅–N⁺ were used to probe the (average) conformation of the phenyl group in the interfacial region. The picture that emerges is that the aromatic ring is perpendicular to the interface in CDPhACl and is more or less parallel to it in CDBzACl, CDPhEtACl, and CDPhPrACl. Received: 23 February 1996 Accepted: 29 August 1996     

Solvatochromic equilibria of cobalt(II) chloride in binary mixtures of dipolar aprotic solvents with water

The visible absorption spectra of CoCl₂ in binary mixtures of acetone, dmf, dma and dmso with H₂O show the existence of configuration equilibria between tetrahedral (T) and octahedral (O) species. Linear correlations between the values of log K (K = [O]/[T]) and the mole fraction of H₂O, _w, have been observed in all the systems under study; their slopes decrease linearly with an increase of the donor number, DN, of the organic component of the mixture. The formation of octahedral species is enthalpy favoured but entropy disfavoured. It was found that both H and S values change linearly with _w and the slopes of these relationships depend clearly on the DN values.