Kinetic study of charge transfer complexes of ICl3 with DB18C6 and DC18C6 in some nonaqueous solvents

Abstract

The spectrophotometric kinetic charge–transfer complex formation of iodine trichloride (ICl3) with Dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6), Dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 (DC18C6) has been studied in chloroform; dichloromethane and propylene carbonate solutions at different temperatures. The results indicated immediate formation of an electron donor–electron acceptor complex; which is followed by two relatively slow consecutive reactions. The pseudo-first-order rate constants for the formation of the ionic intermediate and the final product have been evaluated at various temperatures by computer fitting of the absorbance–time data to appropriate equations. The influences of both the crown’s structure and the solvent properties on the formation of donor–electron acceptor complexes and the rates of subsequent reactions are discussed.