1 -Alkyl-4-ethoxythiocarbonyl-5-hydroxy-3-methylpyrazole, HETCP, (alkyl = n-octyl ; n-dodecyl) were prepared in high yield by the reaction of l-alkyl-3methyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one with bis (ethoxythiocarbonyl)sulfide and sodium acetate in dimethylformamide. These reagents act as O, S bidentate ligands in solvent extraction/reextraction studies of Cu (II) from acid aqueous solutions and the extracted specie resulted to be Cu(ETCP)2.
ExperimentalAll reagents used in the synthetic procedures as well as in the solvent extraction studies were of analytical grade Elemental, analysis of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulfur were obtained with a Perkin Elmer 2400 Serie II Analyser. IR spectra were recorded on a Perkin Elmer Spectrum One FT-IR spectrophotometer, using KBr discs. NMR spectra of ligands were recorded in the Centra de Resonancia Magnetica Nuclear V Region, located at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, on a Avance 400 Digital NMR Bruker spectrometer at 400.132 MHz for 'H and 100.623 MHz for ,3 C in deuterochloroform with internal TMS as reference. UV-VIS spectra were recorded on a Perkin Elmer UV/VIS Lambda EZ 201 spectrophotometer, with chloroform as solvent. Melting points were measured in a Kofler Bristol apparatus and are uncorrected. Individual stock solutions 0.01 Μ in Cu(II) and 0.1 Μ in potassium nitrate at fixed pH, were prepared from cupric nitrate and standardized by iodometric titration with Na 2 S 2 0 3 0.01 M. The pH of these Cu (II) solutions was adjusted in the range 1-5 by the addition of hydrochloric acid solutions of variable concentration. Acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer was used in the extraction studies as a function of the ligand concentration at constant pH. Freshly distilled chloroform and Escaid 103 were used as solvent and all extraction experiments were achieved by the batch method with a variable-speed vortex mixer (Orbital Shaker).