Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1987, 52, 838-847
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19870838

Transfer of trisbipyridine transition metal complexes across the water-dichloroethane interface

Josef Hanzlíka, Jan Hovorkaa and Anna Maria Camusb

a The J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 102 00 Prague 10-Hostivař, Czechoslovakia
b Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita di Trieste, 341 27 Trieste, Italia

Abstract

Transfer of trisbipyridine transition metal complexes [M(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = bipyridine) across the water-1,2-dichloroethane interface can be classified as a simple transfer of a divalent cation in case that the central atom M = Fe, Ni, Ru or Os, while for M = Co, Cu or Zn the charge transfer is accompanied by considerable chemical changes, such as the ligand dissociation and the solvolysis. Thermodynamic and transport parameters characterizing the transfer of [M(bpy)3]2+ ions from water to 1,2-dichloroethane have been determined from voltammetric measurements.