Synthesis and Characterization of Dimeric Copper（ll） and Nickel（ll） Complexes with Some Aroylhydrazones of a-Pyridoin and Solvent Extraction Applications

A new series of dimeric Cu（II） and Ni（II） complexes with some aroylhydrazones of a-pyridoin were synthesized and characterized using different physical techniques. Their chemical formulae were based on their microanalysis and IR data. The structures of the solid complexes were determined from the electronic, IR and ESR spectral studies as well as their magnetic susceptibility measurements. The ligands acted as bi-, tri- and tetra-dentate forming different dinuclear complexes with different structures. The assumed molecular structures based on the experimental results were also confirmed by the molecular mechanics calculations. The extraction ability of the hydrazones has been investigated by liquid-liquid extraction for Cu（II） and Ni（II）.

Periodate Oxidation of a Ternary Complex of Nitrilotriacetatochromium(III) Involving ß-Alanine as Co-Ligand

The kinetics of the periodate oxidation of chromium(III)-complex, [CrIII(NTA)(Ala)(H2O)]-(NTA = Nitrilotriacetate and Ala = ß-alanine) to Cr(VI) have been carried out for the temperature range 15°C - 35°C under pseudo-first order conditions, >>?[complex]. Reaction obeyed first order dependence with respect to and [Cr(III)], and the rate of reaction increases with increasing of pH for the range 3.40 - 4.45. Experimentally, the mechanism of this reaction is found to be consistent with the rate law in which the hydroxo species, [CrIII(NTA)(Ala)(OH)]2- is considerably much more reactive than their conjugate acid. ΔH* and ΔS* have been calculated. It is proposed that electron transfer occurs through an inner-sphere mechanism via coordination of to chromium(III).

Homogeneous Oxidative Coupling Catalysts： Reactivity of [（Pyr）nCuX]4O2 with Carbon Dioxide to Generate New Active Initiators [（Pyr）nCuX]4（CO3）2 （n = 1 or 2, X = Cl, Br or I, Pyr = Pyrrolidine）

This paper represents the interaction of well characterized Lewis base [（Pyr）nCuX]4O2, n = 1 or 2, X = Cl, Br or I, Pyr = pyrrolidine with CO2 as a Lewis acid to produce new series of oxidative coupling and catechol oxidase initiators [（Pyr）nCuX]4（CO3）2. These carbonato derivatives are isolated as stable solids. They are easily soluble in aprotic solvents as CH2Cl2 or PhNO2. Cryoscopic measurements support tetranuclear core structure for all of them. Infrared spectra show differences from their oxo analogous in the carbonato domains but those differences did not distinguish between tridentate bridging carbonato and bidentate one. Rate of oxidation of 2,6-dimethylphenol （DMP） by [（Pyr）CuCl]4（CO3）2, supports coordination number six for Cu（Ⅱ） centers in [（Pyr）CuCl]4（CO3）2. In order to fulfill coordination number six, for n = 1, carbonate will act as tridentate while for n = 2, it will act as bidentate, as shown in Scheme 4. Near infrared spectra indicate a [（3 halo） Cu（Ⅱ） charge transfer] for [（Pyr）nCuX]4（CO3）2, n = 1 or 2, X = Cl or Br. Low molecular absorptivities of the maxima at 825 nm and 730 nm for [（Pyr）nCuI]4（CO3）2, n = 1 or 2 with a minimum of high molecular absorptivities at 600 nm, comparing to X= CI or Br analogous, support a step structure for [（Pyr）,Cul]4（CO3）2, as shown in Scheme 5. Cyclic voltammograms for [（Pyr）nCuX]4（CO3）2; n = 1 or 2, X = CI or Br, are irreversible in characters.