Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2001, 66, 170-184
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20010170
Electrochemical Reductions of Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ Complexes of Azinyl Methyl Ketoximes on Mercury
Radek Cibulkaa,*, Ivana Císařováb, Jan Ondráčekc, František Liškaa and Jiří Ludvíkd
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
b Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
c Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 37 Prague 6, Czech Republic
d J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Abstract
Electroreductions of Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes of azinyl (pyridin-2-yl, pyridazin-3-yl, pyrimidin-2-yl, pyrimidin-4-yl, pyrazinyl) methyl ketoximes on mercury electrode were studied using dc polarography. Three different types of complex behavior on the mercury electrode were observed: In the Ni2+ complexes, the hydroxyimino group of the ligand is reduced, whereas in the Cu2+ complexes, the reduction proceeds on the metal ion. With Zn2+ complex of methyl pyridin-2-yl ketoxime, only reduction waves of the uncoordinated ligand and metal were observed due to a rapid decomplexation pre-equilibrium. The structure of [Zn(methyl pyridin-2-yl ketoxime)2(NO3)2], isolated from water-ethanolic solution, was determined by X-ray diffraction. The distorted octahedral coordination sphere around the zinc atom, made up of two pyridine and two oxime nitrogen atoms and two nitrate oxygen atoms, was verified.
Keywords: Electrochemistry; Polarography; Electroreductions; Crystal structure determination; Oximes; Nickel; Copper; Zinc; Azines; Micellar catalysts.
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