Non-isothermal studies of adduct molecules of metallic halides with oxo-compounds in solid state.IV

Non-isothermal studies of some adduct molecules of metallic halides with di-isopropyl ether as the type MX₂(DIPE), in solid state, were carried out with a derivatograph, where M Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) or Cu(II), XCl^? or Br^?. DIPE  di-isopropyl ether and y = 0.2–1. These adduct molecules lost di-isopropyl ether in single or multiple steps upon heating. Thermally stable intermediate products were isolated and characterised by elemental analysis and IR spectral measurement. The activation energy for each step of decomposition of the adduct was evaluated from the analysis of TG, DTG and DTA curves of the respective derivatogram. The enthalpy change was evaluated from the DTA peak area and the order of reaction was found to be unity for each step of decomposition. Thermal parameters for the above adducts were compared with the adducts of other oxo-compounds like dioxan, tetrahydrofuran and ethylene glycol dimethyl ether.