Voltammetric determination of facilitated ion transfer across the water/1,2-dichloroethane interface

Abstract

The facilitated transfer characteristics of Cd2+ ion by 4-morpholinoacetophenone-4-ethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (MAPET) across water/1,2-dicholoroethane (1,2-DCE) interface and its electrochemical properties were investigated by voltammetric measurements. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was employed to examine the transfer in the conditions of the ligand (organic phase) in excess and the obtained transfer peaks have reversible nature at different metal concentrations and scan rates. The dependence of the obtained half-wave transfer potential on MAPET concentration showed that the equilibrium is effectively displaced towards a 1: 3 (Cd2+: ligand) stoichiometry with an association constant of logβ30 = 12.96 ± 0.09 for the Cd2+ ion, corresponding to the TIC/TID mechanism.