TI

TLE:
Synt
hesi
sofCopper
(I
I)Car
boxy
lat
e.

OBJECTI
VE:

Tosynthesi
zecopper(
II
)car
boxyl
atesthroughvar
iouspreparati
vemet hodsandto
conductacomprehensi
veanal
ysi
soft hei
rphysi
calandchemi calpr
oper t
ies,
incl
udi
ng
sol
ubil
it
ybehavi
or,t
hermalst
abil
i
ty,andspectr
oscopiccharacter
ist
ics.

Theor
eti
cal
backgr
ound:

 Molari
ty(M)isdefinedasthenumberofmol esofsol ut
eperlit
erofsol uti
on.I
tis
oneofthemostcommonway sofexpressi
ngt heconcentr
ationofasol ut
ioni
n
chemicall
aboratori
es.Accurat
esoluti
onpr eparat
ioniscri
ti
calforreproducibi
li
ty
andconsist
encyi nchemicalexperi
ments,especiall
ywhenthesol uti
onsar eused
fort
it
rati
ons,reacti
ons,orspectr
oscopy.

M=mol
esofsol
ute​
/vol
umeofsol
uti
oni
nli
ter
s

 Copper (
II)car boxy l
atesarecoor dinationcompoundsf ormedbythei nteractionof
copper(I
I)i ons( Cu²⁺)wi t
hcar boxylicacidl i
gands.Thesecompoundsar eof
considerabl einterestinbot hinor ganicandmat erialschemist
ryduet ot heir
struct
ural diversit
yandf unctional proper ti
es,includingcatal
yti
cactivit
y,
magnet i
cbehav i
or ,
andpot ent i
albiological appli
cat i
ons.
 Th esynthesi soft hesecompl exescanbei nfl
uencedbysev er
alfactors,including
thepHoft her eact i
onmedi um, l
igand-to-met alratio,andthemethodof
preparati
on( e.g.
,solut i
onmi xi ng,refl
ux, orhy dr
ot hermalsynt
hesis).Once
formed,copper (II
)car boxylatesexhi bitdistinctphy sical
andchemi calpr operti
es
thatareimpor tantforchar acter i
zation:

o Solubi l
ity
:Deter
mi nedbyt hepolari
tyandstructureoft hecompl ex;i
tinf
luences
bioav ail
abil
it
yandr eacti
vit
y.
o Th ermal Stabi
li
ty:Offer
sinsightint
ot hedecomposi ti
ont emperatureand
coor dinati
onstrengthbetweencopperandcar boxylategr oups.
o Sp ectroscopicProperti
es:UV-Vis,I
R,andsomet i
mesNMRspect r
oscopyar e
empl oy edtodetermineligandcoordinati
on,el
ectronict r
ansiti
ons,andstructur
al
features.

 Thesechar acteri
sti
csar ekeytoi dent i
fyi
ngt hecoor dinationenv i
ronmentar oundthe
coppercent erandconf i
rmingt hefor mat i
onoft heint endedcompound.
Spect r
oscopi canalysis,especi
allyinf r
ared( I
R)spect roscopy ,i
sv aluablei
n
disti
ngui shi
ngf r
eev ersuscoor di
nat edcar boxylategr oupsbyobser vingshif
tsinthe
asy mmet r
icandsy mmet r
icstr
etchingv i
brati
onsoft heCOO⁻f unct i
onalgroup.
 Un derstandingthecoor dinati
onchemi stryofcopper (II)carboxylatesprovides
foundat i
onal knowledgef orappli
cat ionsincat aly
sis,coor dinat
ionpol ymers,and
medi cinalchemi st
ry,parti
cular
lyint hedesi gnofmet al-baseddr ugsand
 ant
imi
crobi
alagent
s.

PRI
NCI
PLE:

 Synt
hesisofCopper (I
I)Car boxyl
at es
o Prepar edusi ngbasi ccoppercar bonate,coppersulf
ate,orcopperacetate
withcar boxy l
icaci ds.
o Differentmet hodsaf f
ectthepurit
y,yi
eld,andseparati
onofthepr oduct.
 Anal
ysisMet hods
o Grav i
met ri
cAnal ysis:Decomposi ngthesampl etoCuOt odetermine
coppercont ent .
o Col ori
met r
icAnal ysis:Usi
ngspect r
ophotomet r
ytoanalyzecopper
concent rati
on.
o Ther mal Anal ysis:Measur ingwaterofhydrati
onbyheat i
ngthesampl e.
 ChemicalandSt r
uct uralPr opert
ies
o Car boxylategr oupsbr i
dget wocopperatomsi nadimer i
cstruct
ure.
o Hy dratedformsofcoppercar boxyl
atescanbei denti
fi
edbyt her
mal
decomposi ti
on.

Chemi
cal
equat
ion:

 2RCOOH+Cu(OOCCH3)
2--
--Cu(OOR)
2+2CH3COOH

Appar
atusandChemi
cal
srequi
red:

St
ir
rer Di
sti
l
ledwat
er

Wei
ghi
ngbal
ance Ci
tr
icaci
d

Gl
assspat
ula Copperacet
ate

Beaker
s Hotpl
ate

Funnel Fi
l
terpaper

PRODECURE:

Pr
epar
ether
equi
redsol
uti
ons.

Combi
necopperacet
ateandci
tr
icaci
dinabeaker
.

Pl
acet
hebeakeronahotpl
ate,
set
ti
ngt
het
emper
atur
ebet
ween60-
80°
C.
 St
irt
hemi
xtur
econt
inuousl
ywhi
l
emai
ntai
ningt
het
emper
atur
e.

Cont
inuest
ir
ri
ngunt
ilapr
eci
pit
atef
orms.

Fi
l
tert
hesol
uti
onusi
ngf
il
terpaperoncet
hepr
eci
pit
atei
sfor
med.

Ri
nset
hef
il
terpaperwi
thdi
sti
l
ledwat
erandt
henwi
thet
hanol
.

Dr
ythef
il
ter
edpr
oductandwei
ghi
tusi
ngapr
eci
sionbal
ance.

Sol
uti
onpr
epar
ati
on:

 Copperacet
ate Sol
uti
on:
we pr
epar
ed 1M sol
uti
on ofcopperacet
ate by
di
ssol
vi
ng2.
897gofcopperacet
atehexahy
drat
ein100ml
ofdi
sti
l
ledwat
er.

 Ci
tr
icAci
d Sol
uti
on:We pr
epar
ed 1M sol
uti
on ofci
tr
icaci
d byaccur
atel
y
measur
ing1.
92gofci
tr
icaci
din100ml
ofdi
sti
l
ledwat
er.

CALCULATI
ONS:

 Copperacet
ate Sol
uti
on:
we pr
epar
ed 1M sol
uti
on ofcopperacet
ate by
di
ssol
vi
ng2.
897gofcopperacet
atehexahy
drat
ein100ml
ofdi
sti
l
ledwat
er.

 Ci
tr
icAci
d Sol
uti
on:We pr
epar
ed 1M sol
uti
on ofci
tr
icaci
d byaccur
atel
y
measur
ing1.
92gofci
tr
icaci
din100ml
ofdi
sti
l
ledwat
er.

1M copperacet
atesol
uti
on 1M Ci
tr
icaci
dsol
uti
on

M=mass÷mol
armass×1000/
V M=m/
192.
12×1000/
10

Mass=1×289.
72×10/
1000 Mass=1×192.12/
1000×10

Massofcopperacet
ate=2.
897g/
10ml Massofci
tr
icaci
d=1.
9212g/
10ml

moi
stbutbecamedr
yandsol
i
daf
terdr
ying.

Theor
eti
cal
yiel
d:

Mol
erat
iobet
weencopperacet
ateandcoppercar
boxy
lat
e
 Cu(OOCCH3)
2:Cu(OOR)
2=(
1:1)

Massofcopperacet
ate=no.
ofmol
es×Mol
armass

Mass=1×289.
724gi
n1000ml

Massi
n20ml

Mass=289.
724÷1000×20

Theor
eti
cal
yiel
d=5.
7944g/
20ml

Act
ual
yiel
d=4.
88g

Per
cent
agey
eil
d=Act
ual
yei
l
d/Theor
eti
cal
yei
l
d×100

=4.
88/5.
69×100.=85.
9%≈86%.

Resul
ts:

 Thecopperacet at
eandci t
ri
cacidsoluti
onsweresuccessful
lyprepar
edwi t
ha
concentr
ationof0.1M each.
 Onmi xi
ngt hetwosoluti
ons,areacti
onoccurr
edformingcopper(II
)carboxy
lat
e
complexes,observabl
ebyacol orchangeorpreci
pit
ate.
 Theoret
icalyi
eldofcopper(I
I)car
boxylat
ein20mL=5. 7944g(assumingproduct
hassimilarmolarmass).

Concl
usi
on

Copper (
II)carboxyl
atewassuccessfull
ysynthesizedbyreacti
ngcopperacet at
ewi t
h
citr
icacid.Thef ormati
onofapreci
pitateconfi
rmedcompl exf ormation.Theor
eti
cal
yiel
dwascal culat
edas5.7944gfor20mLofr eacti
onmixture.Theexper i
ment
demonst ratedkeyconceptsincoordi
nationchemi st
ry,
andf urtheranalysi
scanconfi
rm
thestructureandpr oper
ti
esoftheproduct.