Molecular polarizability of organic compounds and their complexes: LI. Molar volumes and steric structure of intracomplex compounds in solutions at infinite dilution

Molar volumes in solutions at infinite dilution were determined for a series of intracomplex compounds of beryllium, zinc, cobalt, copper, and nickel, derived from salicyalalanilines, salicylalalkylimines, N-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)(methyl)methylene]anilines, N-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)(phenyl)methylene]aniline, as well as ethylene glycol and glycerol. An additivity scheme was constructed for calculation of the molar volumes of these compounds in solutions. Analysis of the experimental molar volumes of the systems studied showed that chelation via intramolecular complex formation almost always makes these values lower than those calculated by the additivity scheme, implying entropy stabilization of the chelates in solutions due to release of solvent molecules from the solvation shell of the molecules. It was shown that the dipole moments and Kerr constants of those compounds for which the additive scheme for calculation of molar volumes was constructed can be much easier estimated.