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'''Palladium(II) cyanides''' are chemical species with the [[empirical formula]] Pd(CN)<sub>n</sub><sup>(2-''n'')-</sup>. The dicyanide (''n'' = 2, CAS: [2035-66-7]) is a [[coordination polymer]] which was the first pure palladium compound isolated. In his |
'''Palladium(II) cyanides''' are chemical species with the [[empirical formula]] Pd(CN)<sub>n</sub><sup>(2-''n'')-</sup>. The dicyanide (''n'' = 2, CAS: [2035-66-7]) is a [[coordination polymer]] which was the first pure palladium compound isolated. In his attempts to produce pure platinum metal in 1804, W.H. Wollaston added mercuric cyanide to a solution of impure platinum metal in aquaregia to precipitate palladium cyanide which was then ignited to recover palladium metal - a new element. It likely that its structure consists of [[square planar]] Pd(II) centers, as it is paramagnetic, linked by cyanide [[ligand]]s, which are bonded through both the carbon and nitrogen atoms. The compound is rather insoluble in water with a [[solubility product]] of log K<sub>sp</sub> = -42.<ref name=HE/> |
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The slightly more topical palladium(II) cyanide is the dianion [Pd(CN)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2-</sup>. The equilibrium constant for the [[equilibrium constant#competion method|competition reaction]] |
The slightly more topical palladium(II) cyanide is the dianion [Pd(CN)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2-</sup>. The equilibrium constant for the [[equilibrium constant#competion method|competition reaction]] |
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Revision as of 17:13, 25 February 2010
Palladium(II) cyanides are chemical species with the empirical formula Pd(CN)n(2-n)-. The dicyanide (n = 2, CAS: [2035-66-7]) is a coordination polymer which was the first pure palladium compound isolated. In his attempts to produce pure platinum metal in 1804, W.H. Wollaston added mercuric cyanide to a solution of impure platinum metal in aquaregia to precipitate palladium cyanide which was then ignited to recover palladium metal - a new element. It likely that its structure consists of square planar Pd(II) centers, as it is paramagnetic, linked by cyanide ligands, which are bonded through both the carbon and nitrogen atoms. The compound is rather insoluble in water with a solubility product of log Ksp = -42.[1]
The slightly more topical palladium(II) cyanide is the dianion [Pd(CN)4]2-. The equilibrium constant for the competition reaction
- PdL2+ + 4CN- ⇌ [Pd(CN)4]2- + L, L = 1,4,8,11-tetraazaundecane (2,3,2-tet)[2]
was found to have a value of log K = 14.5.[3] Combination with the formation of the palladium complex with the tetradentate ligand
- [Pd(H2O)4]2+ + L ⇌ PdL2+ + 4 H2O, log K = 47.9
gives
- [Pd(H2O)4]2+ + 4CN- ⇌ [Pd(CN)4]2- + 4H2O, log β4 = 62.3.
This appears to be the highest formation constant known for any metal ion.[3]
The affinity of Pd for cyanide is so great that palladium metal is attacked by cyanide solutions:
- Pd(s) + 2 H+ + 4 CN- ⇌ [Pd(CN)4]2- + H2
This reaction is reminiscent of the “cyanide process” for the extraction of gold, although in the latter reaction O2 is proposed to be involved, to give H2O.[1]
Exchange of between free cyanide ion and [Pd(CN)4]2- has been evaluated by 13C NMR spectroscopy. That exchange occurs at all illustrates the ability of some compounds to be labile (fast reactions) but also stable (high formation constants). The reaction rate is described as follows:
- rate = k2[M(CN)42-][CN-], where k2 120 M-1-s-1
The bimolecular kinetics implicate a so-called associative pathway. The associative mechanism of exchange entails rate-limiting attack of cyanide on [Pd(CN)4]2-, possibly with the intermediacy of a highly reactive pentacoordinate species [Pd(CN)5]3-. By comparison, the rate constant for [Ni(CN)4]2- is > 500,000 M-1-s-1, whereas [Pt(CN)4]2-exchanges more slowly at 26 M-1s-1. Such associative reactions are characterized by large negative entropies of activation, in this case: -178 and -143 kJ/(mol·K) for Pd and Pt, respectively.[4]
References
- ^ a b R. D. Hancock, A. Evers (1976). "Formation Constant of Pd(CN)42−". Inorg. Chem. 15: 995–6. doi:10.1021/ic50158a063.
- ^ The tetramine 2,3,2-tet, H2N(CH2)2NH(CH2)3NH(CH2)2NH2, is similar to Triethylenetetramine (2,2,2-tet) but has an additional methylene group between the two central nitrogen atoms
- ^ a b Harrington, James M. (2005). "Determination of formation constants for complexes of very high stability: log β4 for the [Pd(CN)4]2− ion". Inorganica Chimica Acta. 358 (15): 4473–4480. doi:10.1016/j.ica.2005.06.081.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ J. J. Pesek, W. R. Mason (1983). "Cyanide Exchange Kinetics for Planar Tetracyanometalate Complexes by Carbon-13 NMR". Inorg. Chem. 22: 2958–2959. doi:10.1021/ic00162a039.