Abstract: | Abstract The polarographic reduction of Sn(II) in DMSO, H2O-DMSO and AN-DMSO mixtures was characterized as being reversible. When the reduction was carried out in an the process was found to be irreversible and in this case the kinetic parameters were determined by Meites and Israel's method. the effect of DMSO on the reduction of Sn(II) in an shows that the Sn(II) forms six successive complexes with DMSO, whose stability constants were determined by Deford and Hume's method. The Walden product was determined for the mixtures under study. In AN-DMSO it decreases up to 20 vol.% DMSO, and from there remains approximately constant. In the H2O-DMSO mixtures the Walden product passes through a broad minimum between 60 and 70 vol.% DMSO. the free energy of transfer in the hydro-organic mixture changes gradually with the increase in DMSO content, whereas in the AN-DMSO mixture this energy increases rapidly in very low DMSO content mixtures. |