Journal of Molecular Liquids
Conductance studies on complex formation of nano Cu(NO3)2.2.5H2O
with 4,6-diacetylresorcinol in mixed solvents
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Sameh G. Sanad , Magdy Shebl
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, Egypt
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Article history:
Received 2 June 2019
Received in revised form 14 July 2019
Accepted 20 August 2019
Available online 22 August 2019
The different complexation thermodynamic parameters for example, formation constants (Kf), free energies of
formation (ΔGf), enthalpies of formation (ΔHf) and entropies of formation (ΔSf) for nano copper nitrate hemi
pentahydrate (Cu(NO3)2.2.5H2O) with 4,6-diacetylresorcinol as a ligand in pure DMF and in mixed solvents of
DMF and water are calculated at different temperatures, 293.15, 303.15, 313.15 and 323.15 K by using conduc-
tance measurements. By drawing the relation between molar conductance and ratio of metal to ligand, the fig-
ures indicate the formation of two types of complexes with M:L ratios 1:2 and 1:1 stoichiometric complexes.
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Keywords:
Formation thermodynamic parameters
Formation constants
Gibbs free energy
Enthalpy
Entropy
Nano copper nitrate
4,6-Diacetylresorcinol
1. Introduction
Conductance (conductivity) of an electrolyte solution is a measure of
the ability of solution to conduct electricity. Conductance depends on
In the human body, copper is one of the most bounteous metallic el-
ements. More than a dozen of enzymes depend on copper for their work
[1]. Furthermore, copper (II) complexes have attracted an immense in-
terest because of their important biological applications such as antimi-
crobial, antitumor, antioxidant activities, DNA-binding properties as
well as other different applications [2–15].
many factors such as, the nature of the ions, size of ions, charge of
ions, mobility of ions, dielectric constant of solvent and viscosity of
solvent.
Conductivity measurements are widely used in industry. Some im-
portant applications are; water treatment: raw water as it comes from
a lake, river, or the tap is rarely suitable for industrial use.
Study of the complexation of metal cations with ligands in mixture
of different solvents become more important in analytical applications
and to determine the mechanism of biological transport and molecular
recognition [16].
Surface complexation reactions have an important role in the precip-
itation and dissolution of minerals. Also, complexation reactions used to
transport and transformation of metals and organic contaminants. Com-
plexes form by the combination of cations, anions, and sometimes mol-
ecules [17–19].
Many researches on complex formation have been done recently.
There are many physico-chemical methods and techniques which can
be used in the study of complex formation reactions like, polarography,
calorimetry, conductometry, spectrophotometry and spectrometry [20].
Conductometry is the most useful technique from these different tech-
niques because it is more sensitive and cheap method [21].
Formation constant is an important parameter for the investigation
of equilibrium in solution. Thermodynamic parameters of formation
play an important role in many fields such as industry, environment,
medicinal studies and analytical chemistry [22–25]. Therefore complex-
ation reactions of metal ions with many ligands have been widely stud-
ied [26–28]. Determination of thermodynamic parameters of formation
is the fundamental approach to understand the behaviour of metal ions
in aqueous solution in the presence of some chelating agent [29].
The organic compound; 4,6-diacetylresorcinol (Scheme 1) has
attracted a considerable interest due to its flexibility and the possibility
to use it in synthesis of diverse polydentate chelating agents (Schiff
bases, hydrazones and other chelating agents) [30–43]. In addition,
solid complexes of alkaline earth, transition, lanthanide and actinide
ions with 4,6-diacetylresorcinol have been synthesized and character-
ized [44–48]. However, no conductometric measurements on 4,6-
diacetylresorcinol with copper nitrate were carried out. Thus, the aim
of the present work is to study the complexation thermodynamic pa-
rameters; formation constants, free energies of formation, enthalpies
and entropies of formation of 4,6-diacetylresorcinol with (Cu(NO3)
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