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Science 21 July 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4352, pp. 217 - 223
DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4352.217
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Volatile Metal Complexes

Robert E. Sievers 1 and Jean E. Sadlowski 2

1 Professor of chemistry and cochairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder 80309
2 Student in the Department of Chemistry at the same institution

Fundamental investigations of the chemical and physical properties of metal beta-diketonate complexes have revealed unusual volatility, as well as solvolytic and thermal stability and solubility in organic solvents. Certain general rules describing the volatility of metal beta-diketonates on the basis of ligand shell character and metal ion size have arisen from extensive gas chromatographic and vapor pressure studies. Several practical applications of volatile beta-diketonates teke advantage of their special properties. In ultratrace metal analysis by gas chromatography, use of these chelates has allowed the detection of smaller amounts of certain metals than can be detected by any other analytic method. Certain rare earth beta-diketonates have been found useful as antiknock additives in gasoline and as catalysts for the removal of carbonaceous deposits from the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines.


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