Vapour Pressure and Thermoanalytical Study of Diethyldithiocarbamates of Platinum Metals

A thermoanalytical study of the diethyldithiocarbamates of the platinum metals Pt(II), Pd(II), Rh(III), Ir(III) and Ru(III) was carried out by means of DTA techniques in an inert atmosphere and in vacuum. Decomposition temperatures were determined and the mass loss curves were obtained for these compounds in helium and in vacuum. The X-ray diffraction patterns of the solid products of M(dtk)n thermolysis were studied. The temperature dependences of the saturated vapour pressures of the listed chelates were measured by flow and Knudsen methods, and the vaporization parameters were determined. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.