Complex thiocyanate

Thiocyanates are rather stable to air, oxidation, and dilute nitric acid. Of considerable practical importance are the reactions of thiocyanate with metal cations. Silver, mercury, lead, and cuprous thiocyanates precipitate. Many metals form complexes. The deep red complex of ferric iron with thiocyanate, [Fe(SCN)g] , is an effective iadicator for either ion. Various metal thiocyanate complexes with transition metals can be extracted iato organic solvents. 

In the initial thiocyanate-complex Hquid—Hquid extraction process (42,43), the thiocyanate complexes of hafnium and zirconium were extracted with ether from a dilute sulfuric acid solution of zirconium and hafnium to obtain hafnium. This process was modified in 1949—1950 by an Oak Ridge team and is stiH used in the United States. A solution of thiocyanic acid in methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) is used to extract hafnium preferentially from a concentrated zirconium—hafnium oxide chloride solution which also contains thiocyanic acid. The separated metals are recovered by precipitation as basic zirconium sulfate and hydrous hafnium oxide, respectively, and calcined to the oxide (44,45). This process is used by Teledyne Wah Chang Albany Corporation and Western Zirconium Division of Westinghouse, and was used by Carbomndum Metals Company, Reactive Metals Inc., AMAX Specialty Metals, Toyo Zirconium in Japan, and Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann in France. 

The compounds obtained in solid state have the general formula [MefSCNf JR., (R-cations of cyanine dyes) and could be embedded into polyvinylchloride matrix. Using the matrix as work element of electrodes shows the anionic function concerning the anionic thiocyanate complexes of Pd, Hg, Zn and the response to sepai ately present thiocyanate and metallic ions is not exhibited. 

Stratifying water systems for selective extraction of thiocyanate complexes of platinum metals have been proposed. The extraction degree of mthenium(III) by ethyl and isopropyl alcohols, acetone, polyethylene glycol in optimum conditions amounts to 95-100%. By the help of electronic methods, IR-spectroscopy, equilibrium shift the extractive mechanism has been proposed and stmctures of extractable compounds, which contain single anddouble-chai-ged acidocomplexes [Rh(SCN)J-, [Ru(SCN)J, [Ru(SCN)J -have been determined. Constants of extraction for associates investigated have been calculated. 

ANION-EXCHANGE EXTRACTION OF ZINC THIOCYANATE COMPLEXES BY NON-SYMMETRIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS... 

In this work, the results of study of zinc thiocyanate complexes anion-exchange extraction by non-symmetric QASes in toluene ai e discussed. The non-symmetric QASes have the common formula [(C,3H g03)N(CH3) (C,H Q3 J-X-, where C,3H3 03 - highly lipophilic substituent, (2, 3, 4-tn. s-dodecyloxy)benzyl. It was found that exchange... 

Tri-n-butyl phosphate, ( -C4H9)3P04. This solvent is useful for the extraction of metal thiocyanate complexes, of nitrates from nitric acid solution (e.g. cerium, thallium, and uranium), of chloride complexes, and of acetic acid from aqueous solution. In the analysis of steel, iron(III) may be removed as the soluble iron(III) thiocyanate . The solvent is non-volatile, non-flammable, and rapid in its action. 

Discussion. Potassium may be precipitated with excess of sodium tetraphenyl-borate solution as potassium tetraphenylborate. The excess of reagent is determined by titration with mercury(II) nitrate solution. The indicator consists of a mixture of iron(III) nitrate and dilute sodium thiocyanate solution. The end-point is revealed by the decolorisation of the iron(III)-thiocyanate complex due to the formation of the colourless mercury(II) thiocyanate. The reaction between mercury( II) nitrate and sodium tetraphenylborate under the experimental conditions used is not quite stoichiometric hence it is necessary to determine the volume in mL of Hg(N03)2 solution equivalent to 1 mL of a NaB(C6H5)4 solution. Halides must be absent. 

Mercury(II) thiocyanate method Discussion. This second procedure for the determination of trace amounts of chloride ion depends upon the displacement of thiocyanate ion from mercury(II) thiocyanate by chloride ion in the presence of iron(III) ion a highly coloured iron(III) thiocyanate complex is formed, and the intensity of its colour is proportional to the original chloride ion concentration ... 

Such thiocyanate complexes are usually made by reaction of the ligand (L-L) with Pd(SCN)4- in a solvent like ethanol. A substantial amount of the Magnus-type salt [Pd(L-L)2][Pd(SCN)4] is often produced, convertible to the neutral Pd(L-L)(NCS)2 by dissolution in hot DMF and reprecipitating with water. 

Peroxides Iron(II) sulfate + ammonium thiocyanate Peroxides rapidly oxidize iron(II) to iron(III) ions which react to yield brown-red iron(III) thiocyanate complexes. [31, 32]... 

Besides complexes of thiosemicarbazones prepared from nitrogen heterocycles, iron(III) complexes of both 2-formylthiophene thiosemicarbazone, 26, and 2-acetylthiophene thiosemicarbazone, 27, have been isolated [155]. Low spin, distorted octahedral complexes of stoichiometry [Fe(26)2A2]A (A = Cl, Br, SCN) were found to be 1 1 electrolytes in nitromethane. Low spin Fe(27)3A3 (A = Cl, Br, SCN) complexes were also isolated, but their insolubility in organic solvents did not allow molar conductivity measurements. Infrared speetra indicate coordination of both via the azomethine nitrogen and thione sulfur, but not the thiophene sulfur. The thiocyanate complexes have spectral bands at 2065, 770 and 470 cm consistent with N-bonded thiocyanato ligands, but v(FeCl) and v(FeBr) were not assigned due to the large number of bands found in the spectra of the two ligands. 

The most stable structures and formation energies of zinc thiocyanate complexes have been calculated by ab initio density functional methods. The formation energies of the linkage isomers [Zn(NCS)4]2. [Zn(NCS)2(SCN)2]2, and [Zn(SCK)4]2 were determined. A comparison of the formation energies indicated that [Zn(SCN)4]2 is the most stable isomer both in water and in dimethyl sulfoxide.567... 

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