Study of complexation process between N-phenylaza-15-crown-5 with yttrium cation in binary mixed solvents

Abstract

The complexation reaction between Y3+ cation with N-phenylaza-15-crown-5(Ph-N15C5) was studied at different temperatures in acetonitrile–methanol (AN/MeOH), acetonitrile–propanol (AN/PrOH), acetonitrile–1,2 dichloroethane (AN/DCE) and acetonitrile–water (AN/H2O) binary mixtures using the conductometric method. The results show that in all cases, the stoichiometry of the complex is 1:1 (ML). The values of formation constant of the complex which were determined using conductometric data, show that the stability of (Ph-N15C5.Y)3+ complex in pure solvents at 25 °C changes in the following order: PrOH > AN > MeOH and in the case of binary mixed solutions at 25 °C it follows the order: AN–DCE > AN–PrOH > AN–MeOH > AN–H2O. The values of standard thermodynamic quantities (∆Hc° and ∆Sc°) for formation of (Ph-N15C5.Y)3+ complex were obtained from temperature dependence of the formation constant using the van’t Hoff plots. The results show that in most cases, the complex is entropy and enthalpy stabilized and these parameters are influenced by the nature and composition of the mixed solvents. In most cases, a non-linear behavior was observed for variation of log Kf of the complex versus the composition of the binary mixed solvents. In all cases, an enthalpy–entropy compensation effect was observed for formation of (Ph-N15C5.Y)3+ complex in the binary mixed solvents.