The nonisothermal decomposition kinetics of copper(II) complexes with phthalanilic acids and amino acids

Fifteen new kinds of mixed ligand complexes Cu(x‐P)A P = 2‐(COO)C₆H₄CONH‐C₆H₄; x = H, 2‐Cl, 2‐CH₃, 2‐OCH₃, 4‐OCH₂CH₃; A = dehydronium Met, Leu, Phen] were synthesized. The thermal decomposition behavior of each complex is studied by TG. Coats‐‐Redfern, MacCallum‐‐Tammer, and Zsako methods are adopted to estimate the values of the apparent activation energy E_a, the activation entropy δS^≠, the reaction order n, and the frequency factor A. The results showed that the reaction order is 2/3 for each of the complex. Studies on the mechanism of the thermal decomposition reactions suggested that these reactions all fit the kinetic equation 1 ? (1 ? α)^1/3 = © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 35: 623–628, 2003