ION-ION AND ION-SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF LITHIUM PICRATE AND LITHIUM PERCHLORATE IN PURE NITROMETHANE AND IN 15-CROWN-5-DEGREES-C(NITROMETHANE MIXTURES AT 25)
A. Daprano et al., ION-ION AND ION-SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF LITHIUM PICRATE AND LITHIUM PERCHLORATE IN PURE NITROMETHANE AND IN 15-CROWN-5-DEGREES-C(NITROMETHANE MIXTURES AT 25), Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992], 361(1-2), 1993, pp. 135-141
Solutions of LiPi and LiClO4 in nitromethane were studied by conductan
ce at 25-degrees-C in the concentration range 0-10(-2) mol l-1. Althou
gh the dielectric environment is the same, the conductometric behavior
of these two electrolytes is quite different: LiPi is almost non-cond
ucting whereas LiClO4 behaves like a normal electrolyte. The analysis
of the conductance data gives ion pair association constants of the or
der of 10(6) for LiPi and 10(2) for LiClO4. The results are discussed
in terms of specific ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions related to t
he molecular details of the anions and the solvent molecules. One-to-o
ne complexes between 15-crown-5 and the lithium ion were observed, add
ing the macrocyclic ligand to the systems. A dramatic increase in the
conductance of both electrolytes in the presence of 15-crown-5 was als
o observed. The overlap of the complexation process and the ion-pair p
rocess is discussed.