Effect of solvent on complexation between Y3+ cation and 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 in some binary mixed non-aqueous solvents

Abstract

The complexation reaction of 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 (DA18C6) with Y3+ cation was studied in some binary mixed solvent solutions of acetonitrile (AN) with methanol (MeOH), ethanol (EtOH), 2-propanol (2-PrOH) and methyl acetate (MeOAc) at different temperatures by conductometric method. The obtained data show that in all studied solutions the stoichiometry of the complex formed between DA18C6 and Y3+ cation is 1: 1 [ML], but in the case of pure MeOAc, a 2: 1 [ML2] complex is formed in solution upon addition of the ligand to the metal salt solution, and further addition of the ligand results in formation of a M2L2 complex in solution. This results show that the stoichiometry of the composition of the macrocyclic complexes may be affected by the nature of the solvent system. The results obtained in this study show that the stability constant of the resulting 1: 1 [ML] complex in the binary solvent solutions decreases in the order: AN-MeOAc > AN-2PrOH > AN-MeOH > AN-EtOH. A non-linear relationship was observed between the stability constant (logKf) of [Y(DA18C6)]3+ complex with the composition of the binary mixed solvent solutions. The corresponding standard thermodynamic parameters (H°c, Δ S°c) for 1: 1 [ML] complexation reaction between DA18C6 and Y3+ cation were obtained from temperature dependence of the stability constant of the complex. The results show that, in all solvent systems, the (DAI8C6.Y)3+ complex is entropy stabilized, but from enthalpy point of view, depending on the solvent system, it is stabilized or destabilized and the result show that the values of both thermodynamic quantities change with the nature and composition of the binary mixed solvent solutions.