Properties of amine sulfur dioxide solution under various thermal conditions were studied on its conductivity and reactivity.
In present work, triethylamine, diethylamine and piperidine were employed, and all of these amines exert a dissolving effects upon cellulose in liquid sulfur dioxide. The reactivity of the solutions was determined by a method of conductometric titration with alcohol such as
n-propyl alcohol.
From these examinations, it was recognized that the reactivity for alcohol and the dissolving effects upon cellulose of these solutions decrease by allowing to stand at high temperature. Meanwhile, the specific conductivities of these solutions are increased irreversibly according to the increase of standing temperature. Triethylamine is more unstable in liquid sulfur dioxide than secondary amine such as diethylamine or piperidine. The value of specific conductivity of 0.4 M triethylamine solution was 13×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1 at-22°C (diethylamine solution: 8×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1, piperidine: 10×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1) and it was raised to 52×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1 after standing at 35°C for 24 hours (diethylamine: 14×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1, piperidine: 11×10
-5cm
-1Ω
-1). Therefore amount of active amine for alcoholic-OH in the triethylamine solution decreases readily below 30% of initial value after standing under the above condition (diethylamine: about 92%, piperidine: about 99%).
It is well known that amines form the charge-transfer complex as R
3N-SO
2 in liquid sulfur dioxide. The complex may react with the hydroxyl groups of cellulose disperse into liquid sulfur dioxide. But from the above results, it is assumed that the amine-SO
2 complex, especially triethylamine-SO
2 one may be decomposed by the thermal effect in liquid sulfur dioxide and more complicated reactions such as radical reaction occur rapidly.
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