Prediction of chromatographic retention of metal complexes from stability constants measured by ion chromatography

Chromatographia - A theoretical model is used to predict retention times of divalent metal cations in single-column ion chromatography using one or more ligands in the eluent. Stability constants...     

Kinetics of the grignard reaction with silanes in diethyl ether and ether-toluene mixtures

Kinetics of the reactions of butylmagnesium chloride and phenylmagnesium bromide with tetraethoxysilane and methyltrichlorosilane was investigated in diethyl ether and diethyl ether-toluene mixtures. Replacement of ether by toluene significantly accelerates the reaction with alkoxysilanes, while no effect was found for the reaction with chlorosilanes. We established that the reaction with alkoxysilanes consists of replacement of a donor molecule at the magnesium center by the silane followed by subsequent rearrangement of the complex to products through a four-center transition state. Chlorosilanes react differently without solvent molecule replacement but also via a four-center transition state. Large negative activation entropies are consistent with formation of cyclic transition states. Small activation enthalpy values together with remarkable exothermicity point to early transition states of the reactions.     

Influence of Anions on Electrochemical Properties of Polypyrrole-Modified Electrodes

The influence of anions ClO₄ ^–, NO₃ ^–, Cl^–, SO₄ ^2–, and DDS^– (dodecyl sulfate) on the cyclic voltammetric response of polypyrrole-modified electrodes is studied. The change in the film composition is examined by electron probe microanalysis. It is established that essential changes in the shape of voltammograms take place during cycling if the anions are not sufficiently freely mobile in the polymer film and insertion of cations from the solution is necessary to guarantee electroneutrality of the system. Some differences between the mobility of Cl^– ions and ClO₄ ^– or NO₃ ^– ions are in good agreement with the results of semi-empirical quantum chemical calculations showing that the interaction of Cl^– and Br^– ions with pyrrole oligomers is stronger than that of NO₃ ^– or ClO₄ ^– ions. Nevertheless, it is established that the peak current determined from voltammograms increases linearly with the increase of the scan rate with very high correlation coefficient. It means that it is possible to describe the behavior of ClO₄ ^–, NO₃ ^– and Cl^– ions in the framework of the model of free ions. The redox behavior of the PPy films doped with anions of low mobility such as SO₄ ^2– and DDS^– depends essentially on the nature of cations in the test solution. It is found that the mobility of cations increases in the row Li⁺ < Na⁺ < K⁺ < Cs⁺. The mobility of DDS^– ions in the PPy in ethanolic solution is significantly higher and their electrochemical properties are quite similar to PPy|Cl or NO₃ ^– film in aqueous solution.     

Reaction kinetics and solubility in water‐organic binary solutions are governed by similar solvation equilibria

The solvation effects observed in water‐organic solutions were studied by combining data for reaction kinetics and dissolution equilibria by means of a linear free‐energy (similarity) analysis. Kinetic data for the pH‐independent hydrolysis of (4‐methoxyphenyl)‐2,2‐dichloroacetate measured in this work and solubility data for naphthalene, and other substrates of low polarity, in aqueous binary mixtures of methanol, ethanol, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and 1,4‐dioxane were used. Linear similarity relationships were discovered for these data over the full range of solvent compositions studied. To gain insight into the similarities observed between these different phenomena, molecular dynamics simulations were carried out for naphthalene and an ester in water–acetonitrile solutions. The results revealed considerable preferential solvation of these substrates by the co‐solvent. Linear relationships between the experimental data and the mole fractions of acetonitrile in the solvation shells of substrates were found. Surprisingly, a linear relationship was found between the mole fractions of acetonitrile in the solvation shells of the ester and naphthalene. This linearity indicated that a similar solvation mechanism governs even such different phenomena as dissolution and reaction kinetics. The relationships between the experimental data and the results of the molecular dynamics calculations found in this work explained the solvent effect observed in water‐organic solutions on the molecular level. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Significance of hydrophobic interactions in water–organic binary solvents

A LFE (Linear Free Energy) analysis of kinetic data for different organic reactions in various organic aqueous solutions was carried out. The rate constants of these reactions were compared with those for the solvolysis of tert-butyl chloride in the same solvents in terms of the LFE Relationships, and linear plots were observed in a wide range of the co-solvent content. This similarity points to a common nature of the solvent effect in these reactions in variety of water–organic mixtures, regardless of largely different reaction mechanisms. We explain these results by the prevalence of hydrophobic stabilization of the initial state of these reactions in water-rich solvent mixtures. Recently the same conclusion was also made on the basis of investigations into sonication effects in kinetics of organic reactions. A considerable contribution of hydrophobic effects to the Y scale by Grunwald and Winstein was deduced.     

Ultrasonic detection of hydrophobic interactions: a quantitative approach

Kinetic effects of sonication on ester hydrolysis and tert‐butyl chloride solvolysis, studied in ethanol–water binary solvent, are discussed in terms of quantitative relationships between their magnitude and the hydrophobicity of reagents. A number of conclusions were drawn from the observed linear free‐energy (LFE) relationships. Independent of reaction mechanism, the decrease in reaction rates with increasing ethanol content in the solvent is mainly due to hydrophobic stabilization of the ground state. While hydrophobic species can be hidden in the ethanol clusters present in the region X_EtOH > 0.15, at lower ethanol contents hydrophobic reagents are weakly solvated and the hydrophobic stabilization can be easily overcome by sonication. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Grignard reaction with chlorosilanes in THF: a kinetic study

Kinetics of the reactions of phenylmagnesium chloride and bromide and diphenylmagnesium with chlorosilanes were investigated in tetrahydrofurane (THF) and in THF-hydrocarbon mixtures. The reaction in THF is much faster than that in diethyl ether. Assuming coordination of magnesium halides with three molecules of THF, concentrations of all the species involved in Schlenk equilibrium were calculated. In the Grignard reaction, species R(2)Mg and RMgX react competitively accompanied by additional reaction paths involving electrophilic catalysis by magnesium halide. This conclusion also proved to be valid for the Grignard reaction with a ketone and probably can be expanded to any Grignard reaction. When Schlenk equilibrium is shifted far to the RMgX species, the catalytic pathways are insignificant. Substituents at the silicon center control the rate of the reaction through their inductive and steric effects.     

Steric Effects of Alkylmagnesium Chlorides in the Grignard Reaction with Silanes

Rate constants for the reactions of methylvinyldichlorosilane and tetraethoxysilane with alkylmagnesium chlorides RMgCl (R = Et, n-Bu, i-Bu, i-Pr, s-Bu, t-Bu) in diethyl ether were determined. Excellent correlations of rate data with steric constants E_S(Si) by Cartledge and v′ by Charton were found for the reaction of methylvinyldichlorosilane. Linear correlations with break points were obtained for the tetraethoxysilane reaction. It was assumed that this could be referred to a change in the reaction mechanism.     

Adsorption of naphthalene on bismuth electrode from ethanol

Adsorption of naphthalene on a polarized bismuth electrode was studied from the ethanolic solutions of LiClO₄ by means of differential capacity measurements. Two regions of adsorption of naphthalene (13.2 and ?1.3 μC cm^?2) corresponding to different orientations of naphthalene molecules at the electrode surface were discovered. A sharp capacity maximum at far positive charges indicates that formation of a polymolecular adsorption layer consisting of the adsorbed naphthalene molecules in flat orientation occurs. By use of the Gibbs equation and of double layer theory the surface excess of naphthalene, adsorption energy, potential drop across the inner layer and some other adsorption parameters have been calculated for a wide range of charges. The π-oribital interaction energy of naphthalene with the bismuth surface has been estimated for various charges. A comparison of the adsorption behaviour of naphthalene in ethanolic and aqueous solutions was made.