Physico-chemical studies of Ni(II), Co(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) ions with p-fluorobenzoylacetone

Incorporation of pH correction, in data obtained from the potentiometric titration of p-fluorobenzoylacetone with NaOH solution in dioxane-water (31,V/V) at 30±0.1°C in a medium of constant ionic strength, =0.1M (NaClO₄) gave the value of thermodynamic dissociation constant (pk _D ) as 12.06±0.02. Under similar conditions of solvent composition, temperature and ionic strength the thermodynamic stepwise formation constants of the complexes formed between Ni(II), Co(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions and the above ligand, using method of least squares, gave log ₂ as 19.50±0.05, 18.89±0.05, 18.61±0.04 and 16.16±0.08 resp. This order is in accordance with theIrving-Williams series. Derivatives of the above metals have also been synthesised and characterised.With 2 Figures