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Title: Thermal decomposition of metal p-hydroxybenzoates (in Russian)

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6476467

The thermal decomposition of the p-hydroxybenzoato complexes of divalent Mg, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Cu, Cd, and Ba has been studied under dynamic conditions in air in the 20-1000/sup 0/C temperature range. It has been found that the polyaquo complexes of Mg, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, and Cu form a series of isomorphous compounds, whose structures consist of octahedral (M(H/sub 2/O)/sub 6//sup 2 +/ aquo ions /or an (Cd(H/sub 2/O)/sub 5/(PHB))/sub 2//sup +/ ion in the case of the Cd complex/, two anions of the acid, and two molecules of water of crystallization. The temperature ranges for the existence of the intermediate phases with low water contents and anhydrous phases have been established. The destruction of the anhydrous complexes takes place with the release of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and the formation of stable intermediates. The Mn, Cd, and Ni complexes decompose with the release of 1 mole of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, while the Mg, Co, and Zn complexes decompose with the release of 0.5 mole of the acid. The thermal stability of the anhydrous complexes decreases along the series Cd > Mn > Mg > Co > Cu > Zn > Ni. The stable phases have been identified by the methods of thin-layer chromatography, chemical analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, and x-ray structural analysis, the crystal structure of the intermediate triaquo(hydroxybenzoato)manganese has been interpreted, and a structure has been proposed for anhydrous zinc p-hydroxybenzoate. It has been shown that the polyaquo Mn, Cd, and Zn complexes are converted into isomeric hydrates at 35-55/sup 0/C as a consequence of the displacement of the two weakly bound water molecules located in trans positions to one another to the hydration shell of the metal by O atoms of the COO groups of two p-hydroxybenzoate anions. The final thermolysis products are the oxides of the respective metals and BaCO/sub 3/. The Ni, Co, and Cu complexes initially decompose to the free metal, which then undergoes oxidation.

OSTI ID:
6476467
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 12:1; Other Information: Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, 12: No. 1, 37-46(Jan 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
Russian

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