Kinetics of acid-catalysed hydrolysis of the α and β Carbonato(4,7-dimethyltriethylenetetramine) cobalt(III) ions

Abstract

The synthesis and separation of the complexes α-[Co(dmtr)CO3] ClO4 and β-[Co(dmtr)CO3] C1O4,H2O (dmtr = 4,7-dimethyltriethylenetetramine or N,N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)-N,N'-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine) are described. The kinetics of the acid hydrolysis of both complexes, studied in perchloric acid at 25�C and μ = 1.0M (LiC1O4), follow rate laws of form -d[complex]dt=(k0 + k1[H+I)[complex] The values of ko and k1 for the K-complex are 1.0 x 10-3 s-1 and 1.8 x 10-2 1. mol-1 s-1 respectively, while for the β-complex the corresponding values are 3.6 x 10-5 s-1 and 5.6 x 10-4 1. mol-1 s-1. Comparisons of these rate constants with the values for similar carbonato(tetramine)cobalt(111) complexes previously studied suggest that the ko path could involve O-C bond cleavage in the present dmtr complexes. The values of the acid dissociation constants of dmtr,4HCl, determined by potentiometric titration, are 1.61, 5.86, 8.18 and 9.95.