Ls. Santos et al., THERMOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF 2,2,6,6-TETRAMETHYL-3,5-HEPTANEDIONE CHELATES OF SCANDIUM GROUP ELEMENTS, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 29(6), 1997, pp. 661-668
The standard molar enthalpies of formation of crystalline chelates M(t
hd)(3), (M = Sc, Y, La; and thd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanediona
te), determined by reaction-solution calorimetry at T = (298.15 +/- 0.
02) K, were found to be - (2317.83 +/- 11.7) kJ.mol(-1), - (2386.1 +/-
11.4)kJ.mol(-1), and - (2442.2 +/- 11.8)kJ.mol(-1), respectively. The
corresponding molar enthalpies of sublimation, (79.6 +/- 2.4) kJ.mol(
-1), 117 kJ.mol(-1), and (156.0 +/- 4.6) kJ.mol(-1), were obtained by
differential scanning calorimetry or vapour pressure measurements, and
enabled the calculation of the standard molar enthalpies of formation
of the gaseous chelates. From the standard molar enthalpies of dissoc
iation of the chelates (1575 +/- 62) kJ.mol(-1), (1652 +/- 62) kJ.mol(
-1), and (1679 +/- 62) kJ.mol(-1), respectively, the mean metal-to-oxy
gen bond enthalpies were also calculated to be (263 +/- 10)kJ.mol(-1),
(275 +/- 10)kJ.mol(-1), and (280 + 10) kJ.mol(-1), by assuming the eq
uivalence of all bonds in the chelates. This first sequence of values
obtained for the scandium group elements showed a tendency towards an
increase of values with the increase of the metal's atomic number in t
his series. (C) 1997 Academic Press Limited.