title: Electrochemical and thermodynamic studies of the ion-pair formation of chloropentamminecobalt(III) ion in ethyl alcohol-water media containing different dicarboxylate ligands.
abstract: The ion-pair dissociation constants, K(D), of the ion-pair formed between chloropentamminecobalt(III) ion (CpX(2+)) and a variety of dicarboxylate ligands, have been determined from EMF measurements of a cell composed of glass and calomel electrodes. Measurements were made in water and in aqueous binary mixtures of ethyl alcohol, over a wide range of solvent composition (0-60 wt% ethyl alcohol), at six different temperatures (ranging from 30 to 55 degrees C at intervals of 5 degrees C). The thermodynamic parameters of association DeltaG(ass)(0), DeltaH(ass)(0) and DeltaS(ass)(0) have been calculated and discussed. DeltaH(ass)(0)-DeltaS(ass)(0), DeltaS(ass)(0)-DeltaS(1(or 2))(0), DeltaG(ass)(0)-G(1(or 2))(0) and DeltaH(ass)(0)-DeltaH(1(or 2))(0) correlations among different solvent media and different dicarboxylate ligands were examined (where 1 and 2 denote the first and the second dissociation reactions of the studied dicarboxylic acids). The pK(D) value has been correlated with the dielectric constant of the medium according to Born's equation.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zaghloul
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: El-Naggar
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Abuo Ali