KINETIC STUDIES AND MECHANISMS OF REDUCTION OF IRON(III) AND MANGANESE(III) COMPLEXES OF BIS(SALICYLIDENE)PHENYLENEDIAMINE BY SOME REDUCTANTS IN MIXED AQUEOUS AND SURFACTANT MEDIUM
KINETIC STUDIES AND MECHANISMS OF REDUCTION OF IRON(III) AND MANGANESE(III) COMPLEXES OF BIS(SALICYLIDENE)PHENYLENEDIAMINE BY SOME REDUCTANTS IN MIXED AQUEOUS AND SURFACTANT MEDIUM
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2021
Authors
IBRAHIM, Ismaila
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Abstract
The kinetics of reduction of N,N′-phenylenebis(salicylideneiminato)iron(III)
([Fe(salphen)]+
) at 435 nm by thioglycolic acid, oxalic acid, hypophosphorous acid and
hydrogen peroxide and reduction of N,N′-phenylenebis(salicylideneiminato)manganese(III)
([Mn(salphen)]+
) at 450 nm by hydrogen peroxide, thioglycolic acid, thioglycol,
thiocyanate ion, thiosemicarbazide and thiodiglycol were studied in mixed aqueous and
surfactant medium under pseudo-first order conditions. A stoichiometry of 1:1 was
obtained for [Fe(salphen)]+
– TSH reaction while 2:1 (complex:reductant) was obtained for
[Fe(salphen)]+
– H3PO2 and [Fe(salphen)]+
– H2O2 reactions and 2:3 (complex:reductant)
for [Fe(salphen)]+
– H2C2O4 reaction. Also, a stoichiometry of 1:1 was obtained for
[Mn(salphen)]+
– TSH, [Mn(salphen)]
+
– RSH, and [Mn(salphen)]+
– SCNreactions while
2:1 (complex:reductant) was obtained for [Mn(salphen)]+
– H2O2, [Mn(salphen)]+
–
H2NNHCSNH2 and [Mn(salphen)]+
– S(CH2CH2OH)2 reactions. The reactions were first
order in [oxidant] and [reductant] in all the systems. The [Fe(salphen)]+
-TSH,
[Fe(salphen)]+
– H2C2O4, [Fe(salphen)]+
– H3PO2, [Mn(salphen)]+
– TSH, [Mn(salphen)]+
–
SCNand [Mn(salphen)]+
– H2NNHCSNH2 reactions were independent of [H+
] while
[Fe(salphen)]+
– H2O2, [Mn(salphen)]+
– H2O2 and [Mn(salphen)]+
– S(CH2CH2OH)2
reactions showed an inverse [H+
] dependence with non-zero intercept but [Mn(salphen)]+
–
RSH reaction showed a positive [H+
] dependence. The reactions conform to the following
rate equations:
= k2[M(salphen)+
][A]
=
k2[Fe(salphen)+
][H2C2O4]
= k2[M(salphen)+
][B]
= (a +
)[M(salphen)+
][C]
=
(e + f[H+
])[Mn(salphen)+
][RSH]
where M = Fe or Mn, A = TSH or SCN-
, B = H3PO2 or H2NNHCSNH2 and C = H2O2 or
S(CH2CH2OH)2
The rates of reactions displayed a negative salt effect in [Fe(salphen)]+
– H2O2,
[Mn(salphen)]+
– H2O2, [Mn(salphen)]+
– SCNand [Mn(salphen)]+
– S(CH2CH2OH)2
reactions respectively, a positive salt effect in [Mn(salphen)]+
– RSH reaction and a zero
salt effect in [Fe(salphen)]+
– TSH, [Fe(salphen)]+
– H3PO2, [Fe(salphen)]+
– H2C2O4,
[Mn(salphen)]+
– TSH and [Mn(salphen)]+
– H2NNHCSNH2 reactions respectively. Added
ion catalysis/ or inhibition was observed in all the reactions studied except the reaction of
[Fe(salphen)]+ with H2C2O4 where neither catalysis nor reaction inhibition was observed.
There was no evidence of an intermediate complex of significant stability for all the
reactions except the reactions of H2O2 with [Fe(salphen)]+
and [Mn(salphen)]+ where it was
observed from Michaelis-Menten plot. Free radicals were detected in all the reactions
except the reaction of H2C2O4 with [Fe(salphen)]+
. The reaction rates were catalysed/ or
inhibited in the presence of surfactants (SDS and CTAB) and Piszkiewicz model was used
to analyze the results which indicated the existence of significant electrostatic and
hydrophobic interactions between the metal complexes and the pre-micellar aggregates of
the surfactants. Based on the results obtained, outersphere mechanistic pathway is proposed
for all the reactions under investigation.