Using a spectrophotometric technique the
ion association constants for three systems of octahedral cobalt complexes and
halide ions have been determined at three temperatures in NN-dimethylformamide.
The values of K, ΔH�, and ΔS� for each system have been calculated.
At 30� they are as follows:
cis-[CoCl(DMF) en2]2+ + Cl-
↔ ion pair
K=1.51�0.03 x 104 1.mole-1(ΔH0=
0.93 � 0.02 kcal mole-1,ΔS�= 22.l+0.4 e.u)
cis-[CoCl(DMF) en2]2++2Cl- ↔ ion triplet
K= 1.21�0.05 X 106
1.2 mole-2(ΔH�=-3.8�0.lkcal
mole-1, ΔS�=15.41� 0.5 e.u)
cis-[CoCl(DMF) en2]2++Br- ↔ ion pair
K= 9.20�0.18 X 103
1.1 mole-1(ΔH�=-7.2�0.lkcal
mole-1, ΔS�=42� 1.0 e.u)
cis-[CoBrCl en2]+
+ Br- ↔ ion pair
K = 690�l41. mole-1 (ΔH� = 1.27�0.03 kcal mole-1,
ΔS�= 8.8�0.2 e.u.)
The dependence of the measured K, the
association constant, on the wavelength of measurement, small amounts of water
in the solvent, and the anion of the complex salt, has also been investigated.