Salicylaldehyde Hydrazones: Buttressing of Outer-Sphere Hydrogen-Bonding and Copper Extraction Properties

Benjamin D. Roach, Tai Lin, Heiko Bauer, Ross S. Forgan, Simon Parsons, David M. Rogers, Fraser J. White, Peter A. Tasker

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Abstract

Salicylaldehyde hydrazones are weaker copper extractants than their oxime derivatives, which are used in hydrometallurgical processes to recover ∼20% of the world's copper. Their strength, based on the extraction equilibrium constant Ke, can be increased by nearly three orders of magnitude by incorporating electron-withdrawing or hydrogen-bond acceptor groups (X) ortho to the phenolic OH group of the salicylaldehyde unit. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the effects of the 3-X substituents arise from a combination of their influence on the acidity of the phenol in the pH-dependent equilibrium, Cu2++2Lorg→[Cu(L-H)2]org+2H+, and on their ability to 'buttress' interligand hydrogen bonding by interacting with the hydrazone N-H donor group. X-ray crystal structure determination and computed structures indicate that in both the solid state and the gas phase, coordinated hydrazone groups are less planar than coordinated oximes and this has an adverse effect on intramolecular hydrogen-bond formation to the neighbouring phenolate oxygen atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)556-565
Number of pages10
JournalAustralian Journal of Chemistry
Volume70
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/G015333/1, EP/L004461/1

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