Hexol

Hexol
Names
IUPAC name
Tris[tetrammine-μ-dihydroxocobalt(III)]cobalt (III) ion
Properties
Co4H42N12O18S3
Molar mass 830.31 g·mol−1
Sparingly soluble in water [1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hexol is the name for various salts of a coordination complex that has historical significance. The salts were the first synthetic non-carbon-containing chiral compounds.[2] The sulfate salt has the formula {[Co(NH3)4(OH)2]3Co}(SO4)3.

Preparation and optical resolution

Salts of hexol were first described by Jorgenson.[3] The salt is prepared by heating [Co(NH3)4(H2O)2]3+ with dilute base such as ammonia followed by precipitation of the sulfate salt:

4 [Co(NH3)4(H2O)2]3+ → {[Co(NH3)4(OH)2]3Co}6+ + 4 NH4+ + 2 H+ + 2 H2O

Depending on the conditions one obtains the 9-hydrate, the 6-hydrate, and the 4-hydrate. These salts exists as dark brownish-violet or black tabular crystals. The salts has low solubility in water. The cation can be quantitatively precipitated from its yellow-gray chromate and hexachloroplatinate salts. When treated with concentrated hydrochloric acid, hexol converts to cis-diaquotetramminecobalt(III) sulfate. In boiling dilute sulfuric acid, hexol degrades with evolution of oxygen and nitrogen.[1]

Optical resolution

In a historic set of experiments, Alfred Werner obtained chiral resolution by fractional crystallisation of the diastereomeric D-(+)-bromocamphorsulfonate salt. This ion has a high specific rotation of 2640°.[4] More efficient methods involve the bis(tartrato)diantimonate(III) salt.[5]

The "second hexol"

Werner also described a second achiral hexol (a minor byproduct from the production of Fremy's salt) that he incorrectly identified as a linear trimer. The second hexol is hexanuclear (contains six cobalt centres in each ion), not tetranuclear.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kauffman, George B.; Pinnell, Robert P. (1960). "Tris[Tetrammine-μ-Dihydroxo-Cobalt(III)] Cobalt(III) Sulfate 4-Hydrate". Inorganic Syntheses. 6: 176–179. doi:10.1002/9780470132371.ch56. ISBN 9780470132371.
  2. ↑ Miessler, G. L. and Tarr, D. A. Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall publisher, ISBN 0-13-035471-6.
  3. ↑ Jörgensen, S. M. (1898). "Zur Konstitution der Kobalt-, Chrom- und Rhodiumbasen". Zeitschrift für anorganische Chemie. 16: 184–197. doi:10.1002/zaac.18980160116.
  4. ↑ Werner, A. (1907). "Über mehrkernige Metallammoniake" [Poly-nucleated Metal-amines]. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German). 40 (2): 2103–2125. doi:10.1002/cber.190704002126.
  5. ↑ Yasui, Takaji; Ama, Tomoharu; Kauffman, George B. (1992). "Resolution of the Dodecaamminehexa-μ-Hydroxo-Tetracobalt(III) Ion". Inorganic Syntheses. 29: 169–174. doi:10.1002/9780470132609.ch41. ISBN 9780470132609.
  6. ↑ Jackson, W. Gregory; McKeon, Josephine A.; Zehnder, Margareta; Neuberger, Markus; Fallab, Silvio (2004). "The rediscovery of Alfred Werner's second hexol". Chemical Communications (20): 2322–2323. doi:10.1039/B408277J.
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