Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.5, 518-519, 2000
Hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of bis(octylethylenediamine) Zn(II), Cd(II), and Pd(II) chlorides in methanol/water and chloroform/water systems
Double-chained bis(N-octylethylenediamine ( = OE)) complexes, such as Zn(OE)(2)Cl-2, Cd(OE)(2)Cl-2 and Pd(OE)(2)Cl-2, were prepared and their selective solubilities in water/chloroform and water/methanol solutions were studied. Although all the complexes are poorly soluble in water, they showed clearly different solubilities in the water/organic mixed solvents depending on each amphiphilic character.