SODIUM-23 NMR STUDY OF THE THERMODYNAMICS OF COMPLEXATION OF Na + WITH TETRAETHYLENEGLYCOL- BIS-(8-QUINOLYL) ETHER IN ACETONITRILE Javad Zolgharnein, Tayyebeh Madrakian and Mojtaba Shamsipur Department of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Abstract Sodium-23 NMR measurements were used to investigate the stoichiometry and stability of Na + complexes with tetraethylenglycol-bis-(8-quinolyl) ether (TEGQ) in acetonitrile solution. The resulting chemical shift-mole ratio data revealed the formation of both 1:1 and 2:1 (metal/ligand) complexes in solution. Formation of the two complexes was further supported by monitoring the molar conductance of sodium ion solutions as a function of the TEGQ/Na + molar ratio. The stepwise formation constants of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes were evaluated from the computer fitting of the mole ratio data to equations which relate observed 23 Na chemical shift to formation constants. The enthalpy and entropy of complexation in acetonitrile solution were determined from the temperature dependence of the formation constants. Both 1:1 and 2:1 complexes were found to be enthalpy stabilized, but entropy destabilized. Introduction Due to the similarities of open-chain polyethylene glycols in many respects to synthetic and naturally occurring ionophores [1], there has been a growing interest in the coordination chemistry of these ligands and their metal ion complexes [2-10]. However, in comparison with the metal ion complexes with macrocyclic crown ethers and cryptands [11,12], much less thermodynamic data is available on the complexation of open chain polyethylene glycols. In recent years, we have used nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry as a very sensitive technique to investigate the stoichiometry, thermodynamics and exchange kinetics of a number of metal ion-macrocycle complexes in nonaqueous and mixed solvents [13-20], In this paper we report the use of the sodium-23 NMR technique in acetonitrile solution to investigate the thermodynamics of complexation of Na + ion with tetraethyleneglycol-bis-(8- quinolyl) ether (TEGQ, I), a polyether molecule which resembles the noncyclic nigrecin antibiotics with respect to molecular flexibility [4,21], Ο \ Ό 59 Brought to you by | Purdue University Libraries Authenticated Download Date | 6/26/15 2:56 AM