Kinetics and mechanism of thermal decomposition of cadmium(II) complexes with substituted thioureas

Abstract

From the thermal decomposition curves of cadmium(II) complexes with substituted thioureas (methyl-, dimethyl-, ethyl-, diethyl-, butyl-, dibutyl-, phenyl-, diphenyl-, acetyl- and benzoylphenylthiourea), the kinetic parameters of the thermal decompositions of these complexes were determined and a decomposition mechanism was suggested. The following thermal stability sequence is given for the Cd(II) complexes: complexes with alkylthioureas < complexes with phenylthioureas < complexes with acylthioureas.