A study of solvates of copper(II) chloride in mixed solvents by a kinetic method

The equilibrium reactions of the formation of solvates of CuCl₂ with dimethyl sulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, and triethyl phosphate have been studied on the basis of the kinetic results of the oxidation of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) with copper(II) chloride in mixed solvents. The solvates investigated do not take part in the reaction with DMA because of their greater stability as compared with the complex between copper(II) and DMA. The nature of the primary complex between the reactants is discussed.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental-naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 608–611, September–October, 1985.