Electrostatic and nonelectrostatic, conventional and unitary thermodynamic quantities of reaction. I. Metal–ligand reactions in aqueous solvent

Abstract

A calculation method of the electrostatic and nonelectrostatic parts of thermodynamic quantities of reaction, previously proposed and applied to complex-formation reactions of aminic and carboxylic ligands, is applied, in the present work, to association reactions of several other ligands. In particular, to check its reliability, this method is applied to ΔG0, ΔH0, and ΔS0 data of literature for the formation of metal–anion pairs and for associations of metals with ligands containing pyridine nitrogen, ethereal oxygen, or thioethereal sulfur. Experimental data referring only to aqueous solutions are considered. The results obtained by this method are in agreement, in most cases, with those expected for the reactions examined. Therefore, it seems reliable and useful for a more significant interpretation of conventional thermodynamic parameters.