title: 195Pt NMR study of the speciation and preferential extraction of Pt(IV)-mixed halide complexes by diethylenetriamine-modified silica-based anion exchangers.
abstract: A detailed 195Pt NMR study of the distribution of Pt(IV) complex species resulting from the aquation of H2PtCl6, H2PtBr6, and mixtures of H2PtCl6/H2PtBr6 in water/dilute HClO4 has been carried out to obtain an understanding of the speciation in these solutions as relevant to the recovery of Pt(IV) complexes from process solutions. A species distribution plot of the [PtCl6]2-, [PtCl5(H2O)]-, and [PtCl4(H2O)2] shows that in equilibrated, relatively concentrated H2PtCl6 solutions ([Pt]t > 0.12 M), the [PtCl4(H2O)2] species is below the 195Pt NMR detection limit; for [Pt]t concentrations < 0.1 M, the relative concentrations of the [PtCl5(H2O)]- and [PtCl4(H2O)2] species increase significantly, as a result of relatively rapid aquation of the [PtCl6]2- and [PtCl5(H2O)]- complexes under these conditions. From this (195)Pt NMR data the aquation constants of [PtCl6]2- and [PtBr6]2- of log K6 approximately 1.75 +/- 0.05 and log K6 approximately 2.71 +/- 0.15, respectively, have been determined at 30 degrees C. In mixtures of H2PtCl6/H2PtBr6 in water, a number of previously unidentified aquated complexes of the general formula [PtCl(5-n)Br(n)(H2O)]- (n = 0-5) could be identified, including the possible geometrical isomers of these complexes. These 195Pt NMR assignments were confirmed by remarkably systematic, linear relationships between the 195Pt chemical shift increments induced by substitution of Cl- ions by n Br- ions in [PtCl(6-n)Br(n)]2- and [PtCl(5-n)Br(n)(H2O)]- complexes. Preferential extraction of the [PtX6]2- (X = Cl, Br, or a mixture of the two halides) species over their corresponding aquated [PtX5(H2O)]- counterparts by silica-based diethylenetriamine anion exchangers could be demonstrated by means of 195Pt NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Jurjen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Klaus R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Koch