Abstract

The isotherms of adsorption of MeX2 (Me = Cu2+, Co2+; X = Cl−, Br−, ClO4−) by silica gel chemically modified with 2-mercaptoimidazole (SiMI) were studied in acetone and ethanol solutions, at 25 °C. Covalently attached 2-mercaptoimidazole molecule to silica gel surface adsorbs MeX2 from solvent by forming a surface complex. The metal is bonded to the surface through the nitrogen atom of attached 2-mercaptoimidazole. At low loading, the electronic and ESR spectral parameters indicated that the Cu2+ complexes are in a distorted-tetragonal symmetry field. The d-d electronic transition spectra showed that for Cu(ClO4)2 complex, the peak of absorption did not change for any degree of metal loading and for Cl− and Br− complexes, the peak maxima shifted to higher energy with lower metal loading. The CoX2(X = Cl−, Br−, ClO4−) analogues possess a distorted-tetrahedral field.

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