RATES OF EXCHANGE OF SOLVENT MOLECULES WITH PARAMAGNETIC IONS.

Abstract

A summary is given of a program aimed at the elucidation of the factors which determine the rate of solvent exchange (and ligand substitution) reactions with transition metal ions in solution. In many octahedral complexes it has become apparent that the reaction is mainly dissociative in nature, and that it is relatively independent of the entering group. Hence the composition of the second coordination sphere (solvation shell) plays an important role in the reaction rate. It was necessary to work out techniques for the determination of the composition of the solvation shell of a complex ion. Several methods of accomplishing this were developed; all of them depending on nuclear magnetic resonance measurements. Then exchange rates with metal ions and dimethylformamide were studied in depth. Some other systems were examined in less detail. There has resulted from the work a useful technique for the study of the kinetics and mechanisms of solvolysis reactions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0660139

Entities

People

  • Cooper H. Langford
  • Thomas R. Stengle

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Molecules
  • Motion
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Resonance
  • Solvation
  • Solvolysis
  • Transition Metals
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design