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In the Laboratory
Alternative pH-Shift Ion-Exchange Chromatography: Quantitative Spectroscopic Monitoring of the Progress of a Reaction
Concepción López, Manuel Martínez, Mercè Rocamora, and Laura Rodríguez
Departament de Química Inorgànica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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March 2008
Vol. 85 No. 3
p. 426

Abstract
The experiment described here for advanced inorganic chemistry undergraduate students includes a solvolysis reaction of [CoCl(NH3)5]2+ in nonaqueous (H3PO4) medium, followed by an alternative way of using ion-exchange chromatography based on the capability of changing the charges of the species by a pH-shift ([Co(H2PO4)(NH3)5]2+/[Co(PO4)(NH3)5]). The complex is then hydrolyzed in acidic medium to produce the corresponding aquocomplex ([Co(H2O)(NH3)5]3+). Time monitoring of the latter process with UV–vis and 31P NMR spectroscopies is conducted and comparison of the two techniques indicate the validity of the results obtained despite the different spectroscopic response to the reaction mixtures.
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Detailed preparative procedure for the students; Instructor notes; Spectral data
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López, Concepción; Martínez, Manuel; Rocamora, Mercè; Rodríguez, Laura. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 426.
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Keywords
Chromatography; Coordination Compounds; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Inorganic Chemistry; Ion Exchange; Laboratory Instruction; NMR Spectroscopy; Second-Year Undergraduate; Upper-Division Undergraduate; UV-Vis Spectroscopy
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