Abstract

A clear melt from catechol and sodium salts of arsenic (III and V) were obtained individually from the grinding mixing protocol (GMP). The as-obtained molten mass from exothermic reaction between catechol and arsenic salts motivated isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) advocating the propensity of complex catecholate formation. Individual ITC results substantiated structurally two different mono-anionic complexes, one for arsenic (III) and the other for arsenic (V) ions, of catechol in water at room temperature. Then, the compositions of both the mono-anionic complexes with stoichiometry 1:2 and 1:3 (w∕w) were confirmed for arsenic (III) and (V), respectively. It was shown here for the 1st time that both the complexes supplemented two neat precursors for useful arsenic nanoparticle (As NP) preparation from pH control redox reactions. Again, galvanic replacement reaction (GRR) between As NP and HAuCl4 evolved Au NPs of comparable size as that of As NPs. Thus, thermodynamic results, binding constant (Kb) values, redox kinetic studies and ion associate formation of the two catecholates clearly differentiated the stability (labile and inert character) of As(III) and As(V) catecholates. Conclusively, electrochemistry, galvanic replacement reaction, DLS, thermal analysis, and diverse spectrometric results provided 1st hand support for the complex catecholates of arsenic, a p-block metalloid as labile and inert characters respectively in two different (III) and (V) oxidation states.

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