INIFTA   05425
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICO-QUIMICAS TEORICAS Y APLICADAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Effects of the Solvent and Temperature on the 2:1 Catechol-Al(III) complex
Autor/es:
M.I. SANCHO; A.H. JUBERT; S.E. BLANCO; F.H. FERRETTI; EDUARDO ALBERTO CASTRO
Revista:
Spectrochim Acta Part A Molec Biomolec Spectr
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 68 p. 387 - 393
Resumen:
Abstract
The influence of temperature and solvent effects on the stability of the complex formed by two molecules of 1,2-dihydroxybenzene and one
molecule of AlCl3 were experimentally and theoretically studied, by means of UV spectroscopic methods and Density Functional Theory methods.
The changes of the stability constant with the temperature were analyzed using the vant Hoff equation, while the variations with the permittivity
of the reaction medium were explained with an equation proposed by us. The experimental and theoretical data obtained allowed proving that the
increase in the hydrogen-bond donor ability of the solvents favors a higher thermodynamic stability of the reactants with respect to the complex and,
therefore a decrease in the corresponding stability constant. The non-planar structure proposed for the 2:1 ligandmetal complex is coherent with
the small batochromic shift experimentally observed. In the complex molecule, the planes containing the phenyl rings are tilted by approximately
89◦ with each other. It was concluded that the complexation reaction is an endothermic process in which the solventsolute interactions play an
essential role.
© 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.3 were experimentally and theoretically studied, by means of UV spectroscopic methods and Density Functional Theory methods.
The changes of the stability constant with the temperature were analyzed using the vant Hoff equation, while the variations with the permittivity
of the reaction medium were explained with an equation proposed by us. The experimental and theoretical data obtained allowed proving that the
increase in the hydrogen-bond donor ability of the solvents favors a higher thermodynamic stability of the reactants with respect to the complex and,
therefore a decrease in the corresponding stability constant. The non-planar structure proposed for the 2:1 ligandmetal complex is coherent with
the small batochromic shift experimentally observed. In the complex molecule, the planes containing the phenyl rings are tilted by approximately
89◦ with each other. It was concluded that the complexation reaction is an endothermic process in which the solventsolute interactions play an
essential role.
© 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.◦ with each other. It was concluded that the complexation reaction is an endothermic process in which the solventsolute interactions play an
essential role.
© 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Catecholaluminum complex; Structure; Thermodynamic stability; Solvent effect; Solvation parameter; DFT calculationCatecholaluminum complex; Structure; Thermodynamic stability; Solvent effect; Solvation parameter; DFT calculation