The formation of mixed-ligand complexes of zinc(II) chloride with pyridine (py) and substituted pyridines R-py [R-py = 4-methyl-(4Me-py), 3-methyl-(3Me-py), 2-methyl-(2Me-py), 2-ethyl-(2Et-py), 4-acetyl-(4MeCO-py), and 4-cyano-pyridine (4CN-py)] in 1,2-dichloroethane has been investigated at 25.0 °C by means of solvent extraction. The extraction equilibrium of zinc(II) between the NaCl aqueous phase and the NBut4Cl–1,2-dichloroethane phase is given by equation (I), where the Zn2++ 2 Cl–+ 2 NBut4Cl (org) [graphic omitted] (NBut4)2ZnCI4(org)(i), thermodyanamic extraction constant log Kex,0= 5.61 ± 0.03 and ‘org’ denotes the species in the organic phase. The addition of substituted pyridines in this extraction system gives rise to the equilibria (ii) and (iii). (NBut4)2ZnCI4(org)+ R-py (org) [graphic omitted] (NBut4)ZnCl3(R-py)(org)+ NBut4Cl (org)(ii), (NBut4)ZnCl3(R-py)(org)+ R-py (org) [graphic omitted] ZnCl2(R-py)2(org)+ NBut4Cl (org)(iii), The successive formation constants, K1 and K2, were determined as log K1= 0.45, 0.25, –0.07, –0.47, 0.07, 0.13, and –0.48 ± 0.03, and log K2=–1.09, –1.34, –3.21, –3.33, –1.70, –3.56, and –4.86 ± 0.03 for the 4Me-py, 3Me-py, 2Me-py, 2Et-py, py, 4MeCO-py, and 4CN-py complexes, respectively. Except for the 2Me-py and 2Et-py complexes, the values of log K1 and log K2 show linear correlations with the pKa of the conjugate acid of the substituted pyridines.
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