Cobalt dimethylglyoxime

Only two techniques allow the determination of cobalt at normal serum or plasma levels. Neutron activation analysis (NAA) [50-55] and adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (ADCSV) of cobalt dimethylglyoxime complexes [38,40] were applicable, the latter being featured by a very low detection limit. 

The procedure is not applicable in the presence of manganese, owing to the formation of manganese dioxide. If, however, ammonium carbonate is used as the bath liquid, manganese dioxide is not formed. Since the copper and cobalt dimethylglyoxime compoimds are not completely dissolved out, this procedure is only advisable when testing for nickel in the presence of manganese alone. 

Analysis of zinc solutions at the purification stage before electrolysis is critical and several metals present in low concentrations are monitored carefully. Methods vary from plant to plant but are highly specific and usually capable of detecting 0.1 ppm or less. Colorimetric process-control methods are used for cobalt, antimony, and germanium, turbidimetric methods for cadmium and copper. Alternatively, cadmium, cobalt, and copper are determined polarographicaHy, arsenic and antimony by a modified Gutzeit test, and nickel with a dimethylglyoxime spot test. 

Dimethylglyoxime. The complexes with nickel and with palladium are soluble in chloroform. The optimum pH range for extraction of the nickel complex is 4-12 in the presence of tartrate and 7-12 in the presence of citrate (solubility 35-50 fig Ni mL 1 at room temperature) if the amount of cobalt exceeds 5 mg some cobalt may be extracted from alkaline solution. Palladium(II) may be extracted out of ca lM-sulphuric acid solution. 

The precipitate is soluble in free mineral acids (even as little as is liberated by reaction in neutral solution), in solutions containing more than 50 per cent of ethanol by volume, in hot water (0.6 mg per 100 mL), and in concentrated ammoniacal solutions of cobalt salts, but is insoluble in dilute ammonia solution, in solutions of ammonium salts, and in dilute acetic (ethanoic) acid-sodium acetate solutions. Large amounts of aqueous ammonia and of cobalt, zinc, or copper retard the precipitation extra reagent must be added, for these elements consume dimethylglyoxime to form various soluble compounds. Better results are obtained in the presence of cobalt, manganese, or zinc by adding sodium or ammonium acetate to precipitate the complex iron(III), aluminium, and chromium(III) must, however, be absent. 

Cobalt, R-a-cyanoethylbis(dimethylglyoximato)-racemization, 1,470 Cobalt, diacetatobis(methylimidazolyl)-angular parameters, 1, 59 Cobalt, diamminebis(dimethylglyoxime)-decomposition, 1,186 Cobalt, diamminediaquadinitroso-structure, 1,26... 

Because of structural similarities to the vitamin B,2 coenzyme, cobalt(III) complexes of the type RCo(L4) or RCo(L2)2 [L4 = bis(salicylaldehyde)-ethylenediiminate and L2 = dimethylglyoximate, inter alia] have been actively investigated 40, 76, 77, 125). Corresponding acyl complexes have been synthesized 40, 76). However, neither the CO insertion into the Co—-R linkage nor the decarbonylation of the Co—COR moiety has been achieved (77, 125). A probable reason for this was presented in Section II. 

It has been noted (2) that many oxygen-carrying cobalt(II) complexes involve ligands that provide four donor atoms lying in the same plane as the cobalt atoms, such as salen , porphyrin and dimethylglyoxime, DMG, and related ligands. 

Concentration of an ethanolic solution of dimethylglyoxime, cobalt(n) chloride and benzotriazole results in deposition of crystalline complex 68. The product is stable at room temperature however, it slowly decomposes upon heating. Thermal analysis reveals that the compound releases first the chlorine atom and 50% of the benzotriazole content to form a new complex that is stable to 225 °C. Probably in this new form, the benzotriazole moiety coordinates two cobalt ions simultaneously. Further heating to 350 °C removes the benzotriazolyl moieties completely <2003JPY699>. The first step of decomposition can be summarized as follows ... 

Nickel has been determined spectrophotometrically in seawater in amounts down to 0.5 xg/l as the dimethylglyoxime complex [521,522], In one procedure [521] dimethylglyoxime is added to a 750 ml sample and the pH adjusted to 9 -10. The nickel complex is extracted into chloroform. After extraction into 1M hydrochloric acid, it is oxidised with aqueous bromine, adjusted to pH 10.4, and dimethylglyoxime reagent added. It is made up to 50 ml and the extinction of the nickel complex measured at 442 nm. There is no serious interference from iron, cobalt, copper, or zinc but manganese may cause low results. 

In another procedure [522] the sample of seawater (0.5-3 litres) is filtered through a membrane-filter (pore size 0.7 xm) which is then wet-ashed. The nickel is separated from the resulting solution by extraction as the dimethylglyoxime complex and is then determined by its catalysis of the reaction of Tiron and diphenylcarbazone with hydrogen peroxide, with spectrophotometric measurement at 413 nm. Cobalt is first separated as the 2-nitroso-1-naphthol complex, and is determined by its catalysis of the oxidation of alizarin by hydrogen peroxide at pH 12.4. Sensitivities are 0.8 xg/l (nickel) and 0.04 xg/l (cobalt). 

Samples of metal complexes isolated from the final solutions were subjected to microanalysis (for carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur). Metals were determined colorimetrically by the following methods— copper as the complex formed with sodium diethyl dithiocarbamate (6) cobalt as the nitroso-R salt complex (7) nickel as the dimethylglyoxime complex (4). 

A multicomponent positive-imaging process using ammonia release has been described by Ricoh.211 The components of the system are (1) a cobalt(III) hexaammine complex, (2) a quinone photoreductant, (3) a chelating agent such as dimethylglyoxime, (4) a leuco dye (triarylmethane type), (5) a photooxidant (biimidazole) and (6) an organic acid (toluenesulfonic acid). 

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