COMPLEXES OF STANNIC IODIDE WITH AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

Abstract
Spectrophotometric measurements on solutions of stannic iodide were found to provide evidence for complex formation with aromatic hydrocarbons. Calculations, based on spectra for mixed solutions of benzene and stannic iodide in carbon tetrachloride, yield values of 0.26 for the equilibrium constant (mole fraction), 28 400 1/mole cm for the molar extinction coefficient of the benzene – stannic iodide complex. Kinetic evidence indicates that the order of decreasing complex stabilities is from xylene to toluene to benzene. The formation of stannic iodide – aromatic hydrocarbon complexes provides an explanation for the discrepancy between measured solubilities of stannic iodide in benzene, toluene, and xylene, and the solubilities predicted by the Hildebrand theory of regular solutions.

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