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Bis(N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-4-piperazine-1-carboxamide) tetrakis(isothiocyanato-κN)cobalt(II), a model compound for the blue color developed in the Scott test.
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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications . Feb2023, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p163-166. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The complex, bis(N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-4-piperazine-1-carboxamide) tetrakis(isothiocyanato-κN)cobalt(II) (N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-4-piperazine-1-carboxamide = diethylcarbamazine), (C10H22N3O)2[Co(NCS)4], is presented. This complex is a blue precipitate, insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents, that is formed from the reaction of diethylcarbamazine citrate, a protonated tertiary amine, with cobalt(II) and thiocyanate. This reaction, in the form of the Scott test, is a common presumptive test for cocaine hydrochloride. The known cobalt compound, [K2Co(NCS)4]·3H2O, has a deep-blue coloration due to the tetrahedral [Co(NCS)4]2- that is also present in the ion pair with bulky amines, and is similar to the color of other tetrahedral cobalt(II) complex ions, such as [CoCl4]2-. The structure is consistent with a previous proposal that a hydrophobic ion pair formed between [Co(NCS)4]2- and two protonated molecules of cocaine is responsible for the blue hydrophobic products formed by cocaine in the Scott test. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20569890
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162743883
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989023000981